displacement

Example Sentences

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Activist short-seller Carson Block has turned bearish on corporate credit, arguing the advent of artificial intelligence will lead to severe job displacement and the economic repercussions of this will be negative on credit spreads.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

One important method involves DNA strand displacement, a biochemical process that enables precise programming of movement using specific DNA sequences labeled as "fuel" and "structure."

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

"Even in displacement, people no longer feel safe," she said.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

It all makes for an atypically clear and unsentimental evocation of wartime displacement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Meaning, literally: a state of displacement, of being driven out of one’s senses.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides