displacement

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One important method involves DNA strand displacement, a biochemical process that enables precise programming of movement using specific DNA sequences labeled as "fuel" and "structure."

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

And a modest displacement tomorrow is different from widespread replacement today.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

When a single research report vaporizes hundreds of billions in market cap, institutional investors have already modeled their own displacement.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Earlier in the war, the Israeli military issued an unprecedented evacuation warning for that entire area, sparking a major displacement crisis in Lebanon.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Meaning, literally: a state of displacement, of being driven out of one’s senses.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides