displacement
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This market-driven renewal filled vacant lots and derelict sites, reduced blight, converted nonperforming parcels into taxpaying assets and created billions of dollars in new wealth for existing homeowners, with little evidence of widespread displacement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
But the companies are also under scrutiny over how they’re handling AI’s risks, such as child safety, harmful content and job displacement.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
"We can expect displacement sites and cities to flood. Every gap in our response is a gap that armed groups, trafficking networks and despair will fill," Goodstein said.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Contact tracing is lagging as the disease spreads in areas affected by armed conflict, displacement and poverty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
This is an example of displacement on a very small scale.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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