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If an item is mislaid, the owner most likely is looking for it and will come back to claim it.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2025 That’s what Manchester City, who rediscovered their mojo having mislaid it for the best part of a year, did.—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 27 June 2025 Someone also mislaid their $10,000 Louis Vuitton Horizon 55 Rock Climbing in Chalk Taurillon Monogram Suitcase.—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025 This 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 See All Example Sentences for mislay
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