Recent Examples on the WebThis document, mislaid for decades, describes how the compound was made and how Imperial Chemical Industries, where Richardson worked, almost terminated the project because the company was hoping to produce a contraceptive, not a cancer therapy.—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024 If there was a gift table at the wedding, there is always the possibility that one or more of the gifts was mislaid.—Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023 The footage confiscated by the bank was donated in 2010 to the Panamanian Ministry of Culture, and subsequently mislaid; by chance, further reels were found by Gaisseau’s widow in a family friend’s home.—Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023 Even the fates of individual pieces, a surprising number of which have since been stolen or mislaid, sold or melted down to make something new, echo the unpredictable evolution of the culture itself.—Daniel Levin Becker Jessica Pettway, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for mislay
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