mislaid

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Wills can be destroyed or mislaid, accidentally on purpose; beneficiary designations are the purview of the financial institution in question.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025

After they mislaid evidence a number of times, she says, she carried her home computer and a pile of paperwork into the police station.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

A nation’s stuff, squeezed and zippered and then entrusted to the delicate ballet of air travel, has been mislaid and orphaned this week.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022

"I can't believe I mislaid an entire day!"

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2022

Unfortunately she had mislaid or lost Mademoiselle Reisz’s card, and looking up her address in the city directory, she found that the woman lived on Bienville Street, some distance away.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin