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

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

Lunch was now out of the question, so was breakfast; and having pap ’n vleis became a sporadic, chancy luxury.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane