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displace

[dis-pleys] / dɪsˈpleɪs /




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Now the Wall Street heavyweight is lining up behind the Lone Star State’s effort to displace Delaware as the corporate capital of America.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Locals worry the project would hurt businesses, since the track’s footprint would displace some.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

The only option to build the facility was to demolish the Trojans’ longtime baseball field and displace the program for multiple seasons.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

None of these reforms would displace Slaughter’s core holding.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

The news about DNA and the genetic code did not displace an earlier dogma; there was nothing much there to be moved aside.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

According to the researchers, Alzheimer's may begin when a-beta displaces tau from microtubules.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

For eight hours, the 65-year-old displaces tonnes of steel that will become ship hulls and wind turbine components.

From Barron's Mar. 7, 2026

Healthcare displaces technology at the top of the survey’s consensus overweight ranking for February.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

But, some experts warn it contributes to shorter attention spans, exposes children to harmful content, and displaces other activities such as playing outside or talking to friends.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2024

“No!” whispered Montag, “The zipper displaces the button and a man lacks just that much time to think while dressing at. dawn, a philosophical hour, and thus a melancholy hour.”

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

Almost two years after a massive battery fire in Monterey County displaced 1,200 people and smoldered for days, spewing toxic gas into the air, the same facility is burning again.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

The civil defence agency said the building was housing more than 100 displaced people and had sustained damage from previous Israeli strikes.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

The UN Refugee Agency has said that more than 100,000 people have been internally displaced by the renewed conflict.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Many of the shares have been under pressure this year as investors bet their businesses would be displaced by new AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

I was intensely aware of where I sat, the volume of darkness I displaced, the shiny- smooth span of packed dirt between us, and the shocking separateness from me in my mama’s eyes.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

Scientists are looking at the possibility that an ice-rock avalanche fell into a tributary of Rasuwa district’s Trishuli River, displacing a large amount of water.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Ultimately, the board determined that the long-term community benefits of the Sunrise project outweighed the short-term pain of displacing Silverado residents.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

The blaze at Jatiwaringin landfill, on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta, has spread across more than 15 hectares, smothering the area in thick, toxic smoke and displacing hundreds of local residents.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

“There are concerns about AI displacing some of their own business, and the capital spending is a big issue.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

Pet interrupted her by appearing slowly, a heaviness displacing the air.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi




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