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displace

[dis-pleys] / dɪsˈpleɪs /




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It ended last year and started this one in a deep hole, succumbing to fears that artificial intelligence could displace software.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Some investors have worried that artificial-intelligence tools would displace traditional forms of threat defense.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

IAC has been accumulating shares of MGM Resorts, with the thesis that “there was no technology that was going to displace a customer from going to Las Vegas,” Diller said in his letter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The overall effect of the proposal will be to displace veterans, not add housing, said a congressional staffer who is familiar with the issue but not authorized to speak publicly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Rain or not, nobody in town that day wanted to miss out on seeing what sort of crew Ulbrickson had come up with that could displace his talented sophomores.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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