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displace

[dis-plays] / dɪsˈpleɪs /




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“Club Kid” “Right now, it’s difficult to think of any film that could displace Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

New research has documented how honey bees chase, displace, and intimidate rival insects, providing the first detailed evidence of how extensively they interfere with other species' access to food.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

Economists call this creative destruction: Innovations displace old products and technologies, so a job that disappears can also a result in a new one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

Rooting herself so deeply on that spot that nothing could displace her.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

In Thursday’s Macro Voices podcast, he noted that if AI displaces workers and reduces their earning power, then the outstanding debt still needs to be serviced.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

If additional gas production from Jackdaw displaces US LNG imports, UK-related national emissions could be lower than otherwise.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

According to the researchers, Alzheimer's may begin when a-beta displaces tau from microtubules.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

For Africa’s poorest importers, every mini-grid, solar farm, battery and electric bus that displaces fuel imports reduces exposure to the next oil shock, though high borrowing costs, currency risk and weak grids remain major constraints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

“No!” whispered Montag, “The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at. dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour.”

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

More than 1.5 million residents have been displaced within Haiti, many seeking shelter in schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Large parts of Syria remain in ruins after a war that killed half a million people and displaced half of the population.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

"Why should I be displaced from my house?" he continued.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Bumblebees, solitary bees and hoverflies would avoid, be displaced by and on some occasions be chased off by honey bees.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

So many of my people were stuck in camps in Rwanda, displaced and stateless, living out their lives in tents.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

In July, Tropical Storm Narra grazed China's southern coast along Guangxi, submerging villages and displacing tens of thousands.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

Exactly how much diesel those trucks are already displacing depends on how far they are driven, and whether they augment or replace existing vehicle fleets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Ultimately, the board determined that the long-term community benefits of the Sunrise project outweighed the short-term pain of displacing Silverado residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

I can’t see anything clearly, and when I look up and out past the fence, I only see waves of a mirage displacing the desert plants and the mountains in the distance.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed


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