displaced

Example Sentences

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The building bonanza is likely to boost GDP, analysts say, but some caution that it comes with risks, while residents displaced in the name of progress complain of being left behind.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

So far, more than 1,300 people have been killed in Lebanon, with more than 1 million people displaced, the Lebanese government says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Many private-equity and private-credit firms have significant exposure to software companies that investors worry are in danger of being displaced by new artificial-intelligence tools.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"Nobody knows what's happening," he said, adding that "displaced people have been sleeping in the open" in the area.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

One day while walking on a street in the displaced persons’ camp, he thought he recognized a woman’s voice.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren