CHANCING (UPON) Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

chancing (upon)

verb

present participle of chance (upon)

as in encountering

to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face chanced upon my archenemy as I rounded a corner

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as in finding

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance I chanced upon your mother in the grocery store yesterday

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Nearly 90 industry partners are participating in Northern Strike, according to Wagh, allowing troops to work with developing capabilities before potentially encountering them in conflict.

— Olivianna Calmes, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Still, these owners have dealt with all the pricing and supply chain uncertainties of the pandemic, and are now encountering issues with inflation, tariffs and more.

— JP Shaffer, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of encountering

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Over in the post-production room, one of the clearest examples of that evolving creative process came in during the edits and music supervision, where even individual sequences were still finding their identity as the show came together.

— Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Zahary emphasized that LLMs, in his experience, have been valuable in assisting humans in developing new theories or finding answers to problems.

— Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of finding

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Sharp runs the largest such facility in San Diego County and obtained a temporary reprieve on the state’s requirement to begin meeting the 6-to-1 ratio on June 1.

— Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Instead, the language concerns the athlete being a student, meeting academic requirements, not being a professional and playing no more than five years past age 24.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026

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