displace
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Some creatives are concerned that the technology could displace jobs; others worry that their likenesses are being used to train AI models without their permission or compensation.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
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
Yet rising gasoline prices have erased more than a year of Americans’ wage gains, and anxiety is rising among white-collar workers that artificial intelligence will displace them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Verstappen then beat that mark by 0.257secs to take top spot, only for Antonelli to displace him.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
When I became Joe’s ’prentice, Orlick was perhaps confirmed in some suspicion that I should displace him; howbeit, he liked me still less.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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