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displacement

[dis-pleys-muhnt] / dɪsˈpleɪs mənt /


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ServiceNow serves as the system that governs, routes, approves, and audits activity across organizations, making displacement costly and complex, the analyst team added.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Kafka’s parables of angst and displacement are naturally diasporic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

It would begin not in stages but at scale to match the emergency, with the capacity to grow if displacement gets worse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Her deer has become a powerful symbol of displacement, too, sharing the fate of millions of Ukrainians.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

The relative size of the spheres and the extent of their displacement with regard to each other determines the size of the zone of dry land.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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