: out of consideration : into a condition of neglect or disuse—usually used with fall
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Flowers grew along the wayside.
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Much of the criticism has fallen to the wayside over the last year as the league has attracted stars like Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson.—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025 The breed began to disappear after industrialization, as family farms fell by the wayside.—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025 The episode sucked up so much oxygen that other banking regulation priorities fell by the wayside.—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025 Northern’s team, and the Woodhaven residents who have rallied behind him, believe the project will help revitalize a community that boasted great promise at the time of its creation but has since, in the eyes of some community leaders, fallen by the wayside.—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for wayside
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