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displace

[dis-plays] / dɪsˈpleɪs /




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Used this way, AI could strengthen rather than displace the judgment and self-belief that underlie agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

“But it is going to displace a lot of tasks.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The industry argues that will simply displace imported oil rather than generate new emissions and the EIA - which was produced by Adura - concluded that the emissions were "not significant".

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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

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

According to NASA, El Niño’s warmer ocean water displaces colder water close to the sea surface.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

Buyers should ask themselves if they really need Subaru’s heroic AWD hardware, the cost of which displaces value in other parts of the car.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

It is perfectly correct to claim that in a boundless fluid a floating body displaces its own weight in water.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The government estimates overall reconstruction could cost $4.8 billion, with thousands of people displaced and key infrastructure damaged.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The UN estimates that in all, more than 120,000 Yemenis have been displaced by the sudden surge in fighting along Yemen's Red Sea coast.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Armies, displaced civilians, refugees, and traders frequently traveled along the same routes, creating opportunities for disease to move between regions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

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

Side by side, we walk into the woods, far away from the displaced people’s camp.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Deadly blazes swept through large swathes of northern Algeria last week, causing widespread destruction, injuring dozens and displacing thousands of people.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

“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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