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

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

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2023

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

There are not that many subjects that could be spoken about, between us; there’s not much common ground, except this one mysterious and chancy thing.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood