- present participle of misplace.
misplacing
Example Sentences
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“The IRS is not unknown for, perhaps, misplacing mail as it comes in,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Occasionally, he has had heated arguments with the media, lambasting outlets for "misplacing" their focus.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
Seventy-nine-year-old Genevieve Lane volunteered to take the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi in a clinical trial because she was forgetting words and misplacing her keys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
Patterson will be used as a scapegoat but he was one running the lines and wasn't the only one misplacing crosses.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
She laughed aloud at herself for misplacing it.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
