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Recent Examples of chancy
Actions that seemed foolhardy when Rue was younger now come off as merely chancy, with Zendaya imparting enough hard-knock experience to pull off bigger swings.
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Carla Meyer,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 Apr. 2026
Most storms occur in the summer months when the subtropical climate is at its most humid, making August’s Perseid meteor shower a chancier time to visit.
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Sheeka Sanahori,
Outside,
11 Nov. 2025
Lifelong recommendations based on studies of roughly 50 patients and for no longer than three months seem a bit chancy.
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WSJ,
13 Sep. 2018
In a curious twist, Gunderson takes the story in an extremely chancy direction during the show’s final minutes.
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David Lyman,
Cincinnati.com,
14 Apr. 2018
In the 4500 block of Connecticut Avenue NW, Jeff Lucas watched a driver plow through the brown and turbulent waters in what had momentarily seemed to be a chancy undertaking.
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Martin Weil,
Washington Post,
18 Aug. 2017
Steve Jobs was making what was at the time an extraordinarily chancy wager.
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Edward C. Baig,
USA TODAY,
23 June 2017
George Washington's chancy nighttime retreat from Brooklyn to Manhattan was a kind of Colonial-era Dunkirk.
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Benedict Cosgrove,
Smithsonian,
13 Mar. 2017
Carla Meyer,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 Apr. 2026
Most storms occur in the summer months when the subtropical climate is at its most humid, making August’s Perseid meteor shower a chancier time to visit.
—
Sheeka Sanahori,
Outside,
11 Nov. 2025
Lifelong recommendations based on studies of roughly 50 patients and for no longer than three months seem a bit chancy.
—
WSJ,
13 Sep. 2018
In a curious twist, Gunderson takes the story in an extremely chancy direction during the show’s final minutes.
—
David Lyman,
Cincinnati.com,
14 Apr. 2018
In the 4500 block of Connecticut Avenue NW, Jeff Lucas watched a driver plow through the brown and turbulent waters in what had momentarily seemed to be a chancy undertaking.
—
Martin Weil,
Washington Post,
18 Aug. 2017
Steve Jobs was making what was at the time an extraordinarily chancy wager.
—
Edward C. Baig,
USA TODAY,
23 June 2017
George Washington's chancy nighttime retreat from Brooklyn to Manhattan was a kind of Colonial-era Dunkirk.
—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Smithsonian,
13 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chancy
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There’s something fortuitous about a bird of prey being the first one tracked by the Orlando location.
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There was a fortuitous incident in high school that substantially upgraded Becerra’s higher education and undoubtedly his career.
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Promising young filmmakers, having cobbled together haphazard budgets for an Easy Rider or Bonnie and Clyde couldn’t find coherent support for new ideas.
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In the early 2000s, especially, Ashley favored haphazard updos, with layers falling from the sides, as seen at the spring 2005 Marc Jacobs show in New York.
Adjective
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Luka Dončić got traded at midnight on a random Saturday in February.
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Pinned to their random assortment of hats were scrawled, handmade signs proclaiming liberty or death.
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Fire departments have also partnered with the APA to hand out buckets so consumer fireworks users can douse used fireworks, reducing the risk of accidental fires.
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While many may have had one as children, the inception of the toy was accidental.
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Only a few minutes earlier, Abulaila endured an inadvertent slap to his throat by Arnautovic on a pass into the box.
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However, after Monday's inadvertent alarm, the office is looking at that policy.
Adjective
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Psychologists who study cognitive ability and thinking styles have found that certain forms of restlessness aren’t incidental to a sharp mind.
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These were not incidental flourishes.
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No one won the Powerball jackpot or the $2 million Match 5 + Power Play prize, but one lucky person in California won the $1 million Match 5 prize.
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Whereas John Wooden or Dean Smith may have figured out how to make it today, Bob Knight would be lucky to keep a job as a gym teacher at a middle school in Homeless, Ohio.
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Spencer's attorneys argued at trial that the killing was an unplanned crime of passion, while prosecutors argued that Spencer intentionally killed Karen in a painful way.
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All the while, there is no unplanned downtime.
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“Chancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chancy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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