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displacement

[dis-pleys-muhnt] / dɪsˈpleɪs mənt /


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Displacement can be especially destabilizing for early-career workers between ages 25 and 35, the new Goldman report found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Displacement coverage under insurance policies is running out.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

Displacement and hardship were the only constants in her life, shifting from job to job and home to home.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2024

Internal displacement refers to people forced to move inside their own borders and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre’s report didn’t take into account those who left for different countries.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023

Displacement by contact seems to express the change now in progress.

From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)




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