displacement
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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
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center report found that the number of internally displaced people, or IDPs, has jumped by 50% over the past five years and roughly doubled in the past decade.
From Seattle Times • May 14, 2024
Displacement of the scapula upwards and laterally has been observed as a result of partial paralysis of the trapezius when the nerves supplying it have been divided in removing tuberculous glands from the neck.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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Word Generation Science - Measurement
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