chance
noun
the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency.
have chanced
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present perfectof chance.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“I wouldn’t have chanced his health just for that,” Thomson said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
Younger people might think they have chanced upon a diorama of vintage East Village theater.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Despite their different origins, several of the new strains have chanced upon a similar combination of mutations to help scale the wall of immunity—a striking example of convergent evolution.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 27, 2022
Strange, isn’t it, how one squad seems to have chanced upon so many underperforming players.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 10, 2020
If only her father had been stronger, she might have chanced it, but Hoster Tully had been bedridden these past two years, and Catelyn was loath to tax him now.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
