mislaid
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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
But when they changed their plans time and time again, the dates became confused, the periods were mislaid, and one day seemed so much like another that one could not feel them pass.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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