Thesaurus results for CHANCING

chancing

verb

present participle of chance

as in risking

to take a chance on I don't think we should chance driving in this snowstorm

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as in happening

to take place there chanced to be a beautiful day when we were touring that part of Scotland

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Recent Examples of chancing In all, the Ducks outshot the Oilers 20-7, also out-chancing, out-hitting and outscoring them in the process. — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026 About two-thirds of Levshunov’s even-strength ice time this season has come alongside Kaiser, and the Blackhawks haven’t been scored on in those minutes, while significantly out-chancing opponents. — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for chancing

Verb

In the early 1960s, Americans looked at Cuba under Castro and understood why people were risking everything to come here.

— Ray Watford, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
These errors can cause crashes or enable attackers to exploit memory vulnerabilities, risking data corruption or executing malicious code.

— Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of risking

Verb

Alvin Kan, chief operating officer of Bitget Wallet, said on the On The Margin podcast that freelancers and remote workers already treat a self-custody crypto wallet as a place to keep working capital, and that the share doing so is growing.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
At times, he was seen doing stretches, eating food, peering out the windows with binoculars and listening to music with headphones.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of doing

Verb

Military analysts believe these capabilities will shape the future of air combat over the coming decades.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
In making decisions, teams figure to factor the NCAA's coming appeal of Sweeney's order and whether to risk bringing back players who could then be declared ineligible if her decision is overturned.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of coming

Verb

Smoke from the #WoodsideFire is expected to continue to flow into the North Bay valleys with the peak transport occurring in the afternoon and evening hours.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Crime has been down considerably across the city this year, despite several high-profile events occurring in recent months.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026