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displace

[dis-pleys] / dɪsˈpleɪs /




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Silent prayer vigils, cautiously worded protest banners and T-shirts pleading for neighbourhoods to be spared -- Hanoi residents are showing rare public opposition to a massive redevelopment scheme that could displace hundreds of thousands.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

Verstappen then beat that mark by 0.257secs to take top spot, only for Antonelli to displace him.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

But it can offset some energy use, and in some apartments, it could displace over half the electricity consumed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

A cheaper robot worker would not solve all of those problems, but it fits neatly into Beijing’s broader answer: to make factories more automated, more productive and harder to displace.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

But fingerprinting was on the rise, and it was beginning to displace the Bertillon system.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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