How to Use windfall in a Sentence

windfall

noun

• They received a windfall because of the tax cuts.
• At the urging of his son, Evans then contacted the state park to share the news of his windfall.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023
• The lottery player has plans on how to use her windfall of cash.
  — Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
• Now the on-field bounty must match the financial windfall.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
• The move provides the ACC a windfall of revenue for its current members.
  — Aaron Beard and Ralph D. Russo, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
• The tongue-in-cheek suggestion that any windfall would serve as the group’s retirement fund was just a joke, Reynolds said.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
• The state lottery said Bashaw finished his last two weeks without telling anyone at work about the windfall.
  — Toni Caushi, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
• The rebates came after a windfall of tax collections triggered the 1986 law for just the second time.
  — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2022
• Many Tennesseans struggled to find their next home after the initial windfall of cash.
  — Rod Berger, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
• Wildgust plans to use the windfall to augment his rare-book collection.
  — Hannah Natanson, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Dec. 2022
• Those who advocate taking the lump sum say the windfall grow with smart investments.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2023
• This new arms race has been a windfall for players, who had long been denied any piece of college sports’ huge revenue stream.
  — Billy Witz, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• The man's sister was also allegedly made aware of his windfall, according to the New York Post.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• But Wisconsin is also key, with a claim that the financial windfall from the convention will spread through the state.
  — Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2023
• Of course, the value of the additional windfall has spiraled with shares tumbling.
  — Bailey Lipschultz, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024
• For centuries, a beached whale provided coastal dwellers with a windfall of resources.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
• The cash windfall left Exxon on the hunt for acquisitions to bolster its portfolio.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2023
• The merger could boost Trump's net worth by more than $3 billion, a major windfall as Trump faces massive penalties in court.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
• The windfall is presumably what enables the worker to become a writer.
  — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2024
• The $100 million cost is less than 2% of that existing and projected windfall.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 Nov. 2022
• Whether this sweet song is coming in the form of a love offer, a raise, a promotion, a windfall of cash, or something else, be willing to expect it.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2023
• The Mega Millions jackpot is the summer's second chance for a billion-dollar windfall.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2023
• The Mega Millions jackpot is the second billion-dollar windfall up for grabs this summer.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2023
• Portia backed it up with her own revelation—that Jack mentioned Quentin had no money and was about to make a windfall.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 12 Dec. 2022
• The mystery winner hadn't stepped forward to cash in the ticket and has a year to claim the massive windfall, officials said Thursday morning.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 20 July 2023
• The windfall, and how to use it, is expected to be a key topic of debate in the General Assembly session this year.
  — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
• Yes, if the U.S. had gone on a surprise run to the title in Qatar, under the equal-pay agreement the women would have gotten a windfall at a significant expense to the men.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 31 July 2023
• The surge in revenue here isn’t the result of some great new business line, but more like a windfall that Coinbase is collecting as a result of the Fed’s recent rate hikes.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 5 May 2023
• The windfall from such a sale — coming at the top of a still-booming market for music catalogs — would help the company to pay down a $49.5 billion debt.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 22 June 2023
• DeLuca has a lot of catching up to do, but her recent gifts and her coming windfall suggest this low-key donor could be about to make some bigger moves.
  — Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024