displace

Example Sentences

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The development is expected to displace 130 bat roosts but Reform UK county councillor, Vernon Smith, said he was astonished by the cost of the project.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“We continue to believe it is highly unlikely that tools from the frontier labs will displace cybersecurity vendors, particularly those that primarily provide solutions that do real-time detection & response,” D.A.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Much of the slide came early this year, when the market began to fear that Anthropic, OpenAI, and even smaller artificial intelligence innovators would displace the need for all kinds of services—including internet-based consumer services.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

They dismiss the idea that AI will displace software wholesale, noting that major AI companies are focused on revenue generation and enterprise software is deeply embedded in businesses’ existing tech stacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 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