chance
Example Sentences
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Marlene seemed confident about it back in Boston; but in Salt Lake City she makes the Fireflies’ plan sound chancier.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2023
His playing is cerebral, and sometimes playful, but, because his vocabulary is so expansive, it is also riveting: in his chancier attempts, he seems unsure himself of where he is going.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 16, 2014
The leadership at United Artists wanted the company to release more commercial work, while Mr. Ray remained committed to chancier, personal cinema.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2012
The new Rosie--out, stout and lout--was chancier as an icon for mainstream moms.
From Time Magazine Archive
A man can trust his luck, but a society can’t; and cultural change, like random mutation, may make things chancier.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing chance
Statistics and Probability - Middle School
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