mislaid

Example Sentences

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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

"I have mislaid them as well, I fear."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin