displaced

Example Sentences

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Amazon hasn’t displaced but rather expanded mom-and-pop shops.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

"Nearly 1.47 million people remain displaced in the country," Gregoire Goodstein, the IOM chief of mission in Haiti, told a press briefing in Geneva.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

More than 3,000 people have been killed in Lebanon since March, according to Lebanese health authorities, and more than one million have been displaced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Though these initiatives to improve transport and public spaces have too faced criticism for mass demolitions that have displaced tens of thousands of residents.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

I discover even before joining Katherine in the rich end of town that she has taken to her role of displaced lady like a duck to water.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland