wayside

Example Sentences

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To better understand the product, Liu biked to work during Giant's first few years, but the habit fell by the wayside as the company grew.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

As the skies over Switzerland darken with the usual billionaires’ jets, the old Davos agenda is falling by the wayside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

The boring and soft-spoken, but effective, tenets of earning money, stacking it and growing it fall to the wayside.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

Whoever falls by the wayside - McCullum, Rob Key, or neither - Stokes will remain, his importance to the England team undiminished.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

Looming up on the cobbled wayside came the hulk of Hold-Your-Nose Billy, with Cutwater following as close as a cow's tail.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman