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chance

[chans, chahns] / tʃæns, tʃɑns /










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Days later, Coxon resigned publicly with a viral warning that some AI researchers believed their products had a meaningful chance of wiping out humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

And it’s given itself a fighting chance in six additional districts in Texas, Florida, Ohio and North Carolina.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Because at some point, government-to-government relations will have a chance to improve - and those ties between people will be there to help speed the improvement."

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The turnout convinced Shimizu there was a market for the party, along with the chance to create paid work for himself and others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Now even if he got the chance to escape, he couldn’t.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

A US official said recently that the chances of the package being split into smaller chunks "have gone way up".

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Where the weather is less cooperative, there will still be chances to catch a glimpse of the shower until 7 November.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Exposure of French corporates and banks to sovereign bonds is relatively small, decreasing the chances of a domestic doom loop, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The chances of a rate hike at the Fed’s meeting next week were less than 20% on Monday, down from nearly 60% a month ago, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

For an excellent discussion of form, with plenty of chances to practice hearing the beginnings of new sections, please see Professor Brandt's Sound Reasoning58 course.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

The odds on Tuesday for one rate hike in September were at 60%, while a second hike at the Fed’s December meeting was chanced at 36.7%, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Ionic Mineral Technologies was mining the clay in Utah when it chanced upon what could be the critical mineral equivalent of a gold mine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

He started out as a fiction writer who, while living in Paris, chanced upon avant-garde jazz and took up the saxophone.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025

The British director Titley said she chanced upon the reality show and reached out to Nasubi because she felt no one had ever told his side of the story.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

One day he chanced to see a mighty eagle, greater and more splendid than any mortal bird, bearing a maiden to an island not far away.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

“I was chancing my arm seeing if I could get flying lessons,” Jean-Baptiste continues, laughing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025

If chancing the arm sounds simple, look what happened when Zak Crawley tried the same.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024

Conditions Chelsea are appealing against in a state of affairs they they are either chancing their arms or don’t quite understand how sanctions work.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 10, 2022

But this being the year after a deep playoff run and the back half of the relievers’ injury-filled careers, the Nationals aren’t chancing it.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2020

“We will,” Lily replies, chancing a smile at me.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish


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