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What is another word for windfalls?

Pronunciation: [wˈɪndfɔːlz] (IPA)

There are several synonyms for the word "windfalls" such as bonanza, jackpot, windfall profit, unexpected gain, sudden wealth, and lottery win. Windfalls are typically sudden and unexpected, occurring through lucky events or unexpected financial gain. These synonyms all share the same concept of an unexpected and sudden gain. A bonanza refers to a rich outcrop of ore, while a jackpot is commonly associated with gambling winnings. Windfall profits are unexpected financial gains that result from external factors, such as sudden price increases or favorable market conditions. Sudden wealth often refers to inheritance, whereas a lottery win is associated with winning a game of chance.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Windfalls

Work appears to them-no doubt in consequence of the fluctuations and intermittent activity of modern trade-to come in bursts and windfalls, nobody knows whence or how, and they are sometimes uneasy to see the harvest being apparently disproportionately appropriated by more active and efficient hands.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
There were windfalls and stumps and bushes with pointed rocks amid the snow-offering no end of pitfalls where a man might break his ankle and lie groaning and helpless as a wounded caribou till he died.
"Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North"
Fullerton Waldo
They cleared away the brush and the dry windfalls until this lane was bare as a traveled road-so that when the fire ate its way to this barrier there was a clear space in which should fall harmless the sparks and embers flung ahead by the wind.
"The Hidden Places"
Bertrand W. Sinclair

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