main chance
nounDefinition of main chance
: the best chance for personal or financial gain
kept an eye on the main chance
Examples of main chance in a Sentence
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The main chance of showers and storms this weekend will be across Southeast Texas. — Dallas News, "NBC 5 Forecast: Steady warm-up coming," 27 July 2019 Spying the main chance, an adventurer named Jivan—the prodigal son of one of Devraj’s closest advisers—wiles his way into power by playing on the affections of Sita’s sisters. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Fiction: Summits, Abysses and the Nowheres in Between," 23 Aug. 2018 Born in Kansas City, Katherine Noel Brosnahan took the path so many Midwesterners have and headed for New York City and the main chance. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Kate Spade, Entrepreneur," 7 June 2018 Soon apprenticed as an apothecary, Arnold eventually set up his own general-goods shop in New Haven and, with an eye to the main chance, began making merchant voyages to Canada and the West Indies. — William Anthony Hay, WSJ, "‘The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold’ and ‘Turncoat’ Review: His Own Worst Enemy," 24 May 2018 The estate sometimes seems more inclined to go for the commercial main chance than to get King's words and thoughts disseminated in an appropriate context. — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, "That Dodge trucks Super Bowl ad shows it's time to loosen the King family's grip on MLK's legacy," 5 Feb. 2018 Trump had an animal instinct for the main chance here. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "Imagine Where We'd Be If Trump Didn't Go Bananas Every Night," 18 Oct. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'main chance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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