chancy

Example Sentences

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For Broadcom, though, it amounts to a big bet on a chancy customer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

From here on, the origin mythology of the astounding new orange is as serendipitous and chancy as the odds of human evolution happening again.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2024

Problems are inevitable, though the path to overcoming them is uncertain, since medical interventions can be chancy.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Placing the orchestra on the stage might seem acoustically chancy: wouldn’t the sound overwhelm the singers?

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2023

“Mr. Stonecrop, tourism is at best a chancy business.”

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt