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wayside

[wey-sahyd] / ˈweɪˌsaɪd /
ADJECTIVE
roadside
Synonyms


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Other long-standing arms control treaties have already fallen by the wayside.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Conversations fell by the wayside during the Covid-19 pandemic, however.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 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

Reem said that policy changes that removed support for green tech would likely mean certain investments such as green steel and green hydrogen would fall by the wayside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

In her desolate wanderings she came to Eleusis and sat by the wayside near a well.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton