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
Still, in a crisis, China’s People’s Liberation Army could attempt a chancy gambit like offloading amphibious vehicles from the ferries at sea or using floating causeways, Dahm said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2022
And without the Red Viper to urge him on, would Doran Martell even consider such a chancy scheme?
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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