How to Use by the wayside in a Sentence

by the wayside

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• Even thriving gardens can appear chaotic when a few maintenance tasks fall by the wayside.
  — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
• Most one-room schoolhouses fell by the wayside when lack of funds forced them to seek refuge in the arms of larger, neighboring districts.
  — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
• The demise of Canopy is the third floating offshore wind project in California to go by the wayside this year.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
• In the world of lower-body exercises, the wall sit often falls by the wayside, overlooked for other staples like deadlifts and squats.
  — Christa Sgobba, Health, 19 May 2026
• Other compromises the Founders made—such as protecting slavery—have long since fallen by the wayside.
  — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
• The early stages of last year’s tournament were utterly consumed by that drama, with big names falling by the wayside wherever and whenever fans looked.
  — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 2 July 2026
• Despite billions of dollars spent, each strategy has largely fallen by the wayside, stymied by legal and political headwinds.
  — Philip Wang, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
• But that, of course, is not usually, or even often, the actual case, and as her idealism falls by the wayside, the use of violence in pursuit of justice begins to make sense to her.
  — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 6 July 2026
• As such, traditional reactive sourcing strategies have fallen by the wayside in favor of proactive planning for a future where anything is possible.
  — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026
• Camlipixant is in the P2X3 antagonist class, which has seen other drug candidates fall by the wayside.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 17 July 2026
• Precious few legislative days remain on the House or Senate calendar between now and November’s midterm elections, meaning the legislation could fall by the wayside as lawmakers prioritize government funding and other higher priorities.
  — Justin Papp, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026