1
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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2
as in finding
to come upon unexpectedly or by chance
I chanced upon your mother in the grocery store yesterday
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chancing (upon)
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Kairos has launched two times to date, encountering serious problems on each occasion.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026 -
People who reported frequently encountering, commenting on or sharing political content online consistently exhibited the highest overall levels of political stress in our survey.—
Stephen Neely,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2026
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However, in the overtime period, Enriquez got his chance, finding the net to give the Cobras the golden goal in transition to win 2-1 over the Raptors.—
Breven Honda,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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Board President Lynn Zeder emphasized the board and administrative staff have made progress toward finding a way to add the language to its curriculum.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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Some of us had known each other for a long time, and some of us were just literally meeting.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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Sleep scheduling techniques primarily apply heuristics for periodic check‑ins, event‑driven wake-ups, clustering, and time division to stretch lifetime while meeting QoS targets [5][6].—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Chancing (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chancing%20%28upon%29. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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