mislaid
Example Sentences
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Most people, though not all, would notice if they mislaid a $100 bill.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
One letter missed its issue because the Coop office mislaid it and never sent it to the editor.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022
Yukiko Hosomi, 46, mislaid her wallet while shopping in Bristol and assumed she would never see it again.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2022
"Have the rest of you mislaid your tongues? Will no one talk sense to this frozen-faced fool?"
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
