displacement

Example Sentences

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Activist short-seller Carson Block has turned bearish on corporate credit, arguing the advent of artificial intelligence will lead to severe job displacement and the economic repercussions of this will be negative on credit spreads.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

"Given the intensity of the coercive displacement that we are seeing, how should we prepare, collectively as the international community, for a new addition to the list of occupied territories?"

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

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

He was marked early on by his orphaned state, his displacement, his zealous skeptical mind, his aloneness.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver