displaced

Example Sentences

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She has been displaced three times since 1948, when her family fled from Jaffa.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

On the other hand, the older worker who holds onto a job for a few years longer but is then displaced may have a harder time finding a new one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Another correspondent in the coastal city of Sidon, further north, saw displaced people arriving from Tyre, some with belongings strapped to the roofs of their cars.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

So far, some 3,666 people have been killed, Lebanon’s Health Ministry says, while a quarter of the population has been displaced and more than a tenth of the country occupied.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

But Bertillonage was already being displaced by a more efficient method of identification that was revolutionizing the world of scientific detection: fingerprinting.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann