The phrase "as it encounters" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation or process where something meets or comes across another element or obstacle.
Example: "The vehicle adjusts its speed as it encounters different road conditions."
Alternatives: "as it meets" or "as it comes across".
The case examines the successes and failures at Yahoo! and the decisions now facing its board as it encounters investor pressure to improve performance.
The unusual step from the chancellor to move the budget to the start of the week – as opposed to keeping it to its normal billing on a Wednesday – comes as the government risks failing to secure a Brexit deal with Brussels and as it encounters rebellion within its own ranks.
When an upper stage has completed its mission, it either falls back to Earth's surface, enters orbit itself, or, most frequently, disintegrates and evaporates as it encounters atmospheric heating on its fall back toward Earth.
A tropical cyclone that remains over the ocean and moves into higher latitudes will change its structure and become extratropical as it encounters cooler water.
The findings contribute to our understanding of ERM as a practice, revealing its trajectory within the organizations as it encounters pre-existing logics, and as both are shaped by risk rationalities, experts and technologies.
Meanwhile, Europe continues to slumber as it encounters jihad.
Then it would presumably have to help the company sell the program to its investors, making changes as it encountered objections.
Dean weakened rapidly, losing its low level circulation within hours and its mid-level circulation the next day as it encountered the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range.
Ottawa-based Teknision learned first-hand what can go wrong when trying to cross borders to fund projects on the platform, as it encountered a payment issue when it started its project to fund an Android tablet OS modification which ultimately resulted in it having to scrap the project entirely and start over.
Their initial efforts were unsuccessful, and the movement nearly collapsed as it encountered disbelief and ridicule.
He said the typhoon had weakened a little as it encountered drier air early on Monday.
