displace
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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
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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
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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
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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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