displacement
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But a year into their displacement, Mahmoud couldn’t take being away from his home any longer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Jamal Al-Mashraqi, an official overseeing work in Hodeida province's displacement camps, said the violence had pushed about 7,500 people to seek refuge in the Hays and Khokha districts alone.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The BBC spoke with governments and scientists about the measures being taken globally to reduce the risk of deaths, displacement and environmental damage.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Plenty of companies from that era ran into trouble, culminating with the displacement of Myspace by a new leader, Facebook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The relative size of the spheres and the extent of their displacement with regard to each other determines the size of the zone of dry land.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Economists cite several explanations, including contraction in the entertainment industry, displacements caused by artificial intelligence and overall uncertainty in the national economy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025
After five forced displacements during the war, Abu Iyad just wants to stay put, in whatever shelter he can find, or make for himself.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
This may not prove true for the displacements AI is beginning to trigger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
U.S. officials voiced concerns over the how a major operation in the city would affect the around 1.3 million Palestinians who were sheltering there after eight months of violence and multiple displacements.
From Salon ● May 30, 2024
Even for Barnard’s Star, the investigation must be painstaking, a search for microscopic displacements of position on photographic plates exposed at the telescope over a period of decades.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Word Generation Science - Measurement
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