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displacement

[dis-plays-muhnt] / dɪsˈpleɪs mənt /


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This constant threat has fuelled massive internal displacement and severe labour shortages in an already flailing economy, and sent people fleeing to neighbouring countries.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The industry’s transition to larger, more complex four-stroke engines helped foster an increase in PWCs’ average size and displacement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The judge said that, in weighing the sentence, he considered Iza’s history and characteristics, including childhood displacement from Iraq, separation from his parents, neglect, poverty, physical abuse and prolonged social isolation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

"Ireland's history of colonisation, partition and displacement gives people a ready-made template for understanding a distant and complex conflict," Kneafsey told AFP.

From Barron's

When Colin was about four, he read a book about Archimedes, the Greek philosopher who’d discovered that volume could be measured by water displacement when he sat down in the bathtub.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

In the chaos of the evacuation and the repeated displacements that followed, Newman lost her Medicaid-managed care plan exemption, and with it, the ability to join the wait list or even see her medical team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

This may not prove true for the displacements AI is beginning to trigger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025

Some use donkey carts to haul what possessions have survived after their multiple displacements.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025

U.S. officials voiced concerns over the how a major operation in the city would affect the around 1.3 million Palestinians who were sheltering there after eight months of violence and multiple displacements.

From Salon ● May 30, 2024

Even for Barnard’s Star, the investigation must be painstaking, a search for microscopic displacements of position on photographic plates exposed at the telescope over a period of decades.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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