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displacement

[dis-pleys-muhnt] / dɪsˈpleɪs mənt /


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It would begin not in stages but at scale to match the emergency, with the capacity to grow if displacement gets worse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Shopify’s stock has fallen 21% this year, partly due to AI displacement fears.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

The displacement of “Frozen” was also evident to Tzagournis.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The automation of complex decision-making promises a seismic boom in global productivity and understanding, but it also threatens a historic displacement of labor and introduces risks to economic and national security.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The air of collective displacement, the impermanence of life in wartime and the gauche personalities of the more recent arrivals tended to dissipate my own sense of not belonging.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou




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