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misplace

[mis-plays] / mɪsˈpleɪs /


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Just as robots can misplace blocks, chatbots can generate false or misleading outputs.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026

Sometimes we’re so angry about what’s going on in the world, we misplace our anger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024

His propensity to misplace passes ultimately proved costly as Rashford celebrated an equaliser where the blame lay squarely at his door.

From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2023

It’s proof that the 20-time Grammy winner, who settles in for eight solo shows at Seattle’s downtown jazz mecca, can misplace more gems than most mortals will ever lay down.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

“Do let me know if you misplace that precious souvenir again. I have eyes everywhere, all the time.”

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

One of Early’s other beloved characters, a Southern standup comedian named Vicky with a V who loves Maggiano’s restaurants and frequently misplaces her denim jacket, shares a similar tenderheartedness to Maddie.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

She shows up at dentist appointments early, misplaces her keys, forgets to close the refrigerator door.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

Like many other people with ADHD, she often has to re-purchase items such as watches and keys because she regularly misplaces them.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024

A chronic loser constantly misplaces everything — watches, phones, keys, wallets, gloves, hats, sunglasses, eyeglasses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2021

He misplaces his reading glasses, the ones attached to the Dollar Store string.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

More than 2,500 ballots had been misplaced in the original count, but were found while doing the recount.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

When it comes to possibly one of the most transformational technologies humanity has ever seen, economist and fund manager Daniel Lacalle thinks fear is misplaced.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

I’ve been an eyewitness to lost specimens turning up in a museum when a colleague spotted a dinosaur skull and pterosaur skeleton sitting on the wrong shelf like misplaced library books.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

“Without this information, we would have misplaced donations, and wasted time that kids with cancer don’t have,” wrote Emily McFadden, co-founder of the nonprofit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Wickersham, whose full head of silver hair, mustache, and chiseled good looks made him resemble a misplaced Marlboro man, was a rara avis even by Sing Sing standards.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

“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

According to reports from Reuters and the Wall Street Journal, he fired a Coast Guard pilot after blaming him misplacing Noem's blanket as they switched from one plane to another on a trip.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

“No one’s trying to steal Blood Orange albums out of an Uber,” he says while laughing, referring to ever misplacing the drive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025

She laughed aloud at herself for misplacing it.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin




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