displacement
Example Sentences
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The deep cuts have forced the agency to reduce aid and shutter services -- at a time when global displacement is surging.
From Barron's
The conflict has created the world's largest hunger and displacement crises.
From Barron's
It’s a genuine calamity—there are deaths, as well as displacement of babies and the ill, including one nun recently diagnosed with tuberculosis but who had no choice but to continue caring for the kids.
For now, residents feel trapped between bombardment and displacement, uncertain how long they can endure.
From Barron's
The center funded converting a judiciary building in Sweida into a displacement center housing 130 families, complete with a workshop where women could sew clothing, including uniforms for Druze militias.
From Los Angeles Times
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