chancing (upon)

verb

present participle of chance (upon)
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)
  1. encountering
  2. finding
  3. meeting
Verb
  • Her experience of encountering that building becomes the film in that chapter.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Maresca, however, need not worry about encountering the same kind of spectacular fallout that blew apart relations between Tevez and City’s last Italian manager, Roberto Mancini.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of encountering
Verb
  • That has carried over in our approach to blocking and camera work, and finding ways to avoid cutting if at all possible.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Thomas Edison wrote about a bug in the call apparatus of his telephone in a letter in 1878, and the Pall Mall Gazette ran a story in 1889 referencing Edison finding a bug in his phonograph.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of finding
Verb
  • Any resemblance between the TikTok series and the real-life version of Chairman Tom Ricketts meeting his wife, Cece, in the bleachers is purely coincidental, a Cubs source said.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In true postmodern fashion, Fitzgerald gets a brief, drunken cameo, meeting Jack on an ocean liner.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of meeting
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“Chancing (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chancing%20%28upon%29. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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