displace
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"When we recognise a problem we often just displace it somewhere else. We are not dealing with it."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
None of these reforms would displace Slaughter’s core holding.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
He said they displace antelope and other species too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
Typically and historically, high battery costs have tended to displace customer-facing value—nice things we cannot have, like a top-shelf audio system, premium upholstery and trim, up-to-date comms and connectivity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
The scythe could displace a passenger, forcing them to take a different seat, or even a different flight if there were no other available seats.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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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
The report lays out a death spiral for the economy in which AI displaces white-collar workers, who are then unemployed and have no money to spend, which causes economic ruin.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
He warns against weakening workers' bargaining power, especially as technology displaces jobs and unemployment remains high.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
The Pentagon has estimated that the Fujian, which displaces more than 80,000 tons when fully loaded, can deploy up to 40 fixed-wing aircraft alongside a complement of helicopters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
“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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"My village has been displaced multiple times due to floods and erosion," Doley said in an earlier interview, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
That has displaced the pragmatism that guided China’s leadership for decades, including Zhu’s own tenure in the 1990s and into the 2000s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Aid disruptions and aftershocks across the Indonesian island of Flores are fuelling fears among thousands of survivors who were displaced by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
At least 1,000 people displaced by the fire were moved into a local sports hall in Omis, south of Split, local officials said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
One day while walking on a street in the displaced persons’ camp, he thought he recognized a woman’s voice.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
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“There are concerns about AI displacing some of their own business, and the capital spending is a big issue.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
A nearby hotel and a two-story single-family dwelling were evacuated, displacing 10 adults and two children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
The first is displacing labor to more cheaply produce its product, but in doing so it will lower prices for consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
The earthquake, which struck on Monday morning, triggered tsunami warnings in Indonesia, south of Mindanao and across Japan's Pacific coast, displacing tens of thousands of people.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
But I always hear myself displacing the two languages, conflating them—maybe conflagrating them—for there’s so much rubbing and friction, a fire always threatens to blow up between the tongues.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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