chancy

Example Sentences

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Why replace a proven technology—mirrors and glass—with chancy camera feeds and video displays?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

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

But as this chancy viewing geometry suggests, most planets will never transit as seen from Earth, which renders them effectively invisible to this workhorse detection technique.

From Scientific American • Oct. 6, 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