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displace

[dis-plays] / dɪsˈpleɪs /




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To stay at that level and not have anybody displace him is testimony to his ability and professionalism.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Used this way, AI could strengthen rather than displace the judgment and self-belief that underlie agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Hamilton made it through into the final session by only 0.001secs as Audi's Gabriel Bortoleto just failed to displace him, and let out an expletive over the radio when he saw the narrow escape.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The only option to build the facility was to demolish the Trojans’ longtime baseball field and displace the program for multiple seasons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

Rain or not, nobody in town that day wanted to miss out on seeing what sort of crew Ulbrickson had come up with that could displace his talented sophomores.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

The report lays out a death spiral for the economy in which AI displaces white-collar workers, who are then unemployed and have no money to spend, which causes economic ruin.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

Buyers should ask themselves if they really need Subaru’s heroic AWD hardware, the cost of which displaces value in other parts of the car.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

But, some experts warn it contributes to shorter attention spans, exposes children to harmful content, and displaces other activities such as playing outside or talking to friends.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024

"Screen time at bedtime displaces sleep time, which is essential for health and development in young adolescents," Nagata said.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024

We are not conscious of daylight as that which displaces darkness.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Although the settlement establishes a workforce fund to retrain displaced workers, lawyers note it does not block job cuts.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Myanmar this month pledged "safe and dignified" returns for its citizens displaced abroad.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

He and his family lost their home in an earthquake in 2015, and became displaced for months.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Gloucestershire Police said displaced residents have been told they will not be able to return to their homes on Sunday night.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

We'd been displaced by a war and a revolution, but at least we were displaced together.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

This pattern raises the possibility that the wasps are displacing the ants completely, although the researchers say experiments would be necessary to confirm whether that is actually happening.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Deadly blazes swept through large swathes of northern Algeria last week, causing widespread destruction, injuring dozens and displacing thousands of people.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

IBM’s warning suggested AI infrastructure spending is now displacing hardware budgets, too—squeezing a company whose customers install traditional systems in their own data centers and can defer big-ticket upgrades such as mainframes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

A nearby hotel and a two-story single-family dwelling were evacuated, displacing 10 adults and two children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

The release of the North American Plate during the quake caused its outer edge to leap upward, displacing the water above it.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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