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displacement

[dis-pleys-muhnt] / dɪsˈpleɪs mənt /


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But the companies are also under scrutiny over how they’re handling AI’s risks, such as child safety, harmful content and job displacement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Accenture’s shares are down 34% this year thanks in no small part to AI displacement fears.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Born in the U.S. to a Palestinian father and a Mexican mother, who left their countries escaping violence, Colette Ghunim is a child of displacement and migration.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

But it also raises fears about economic displacement, surveillance, social manipulation and concentration of power in the hands of technological elites.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The amplitude of the wave is a measure of the displacement: how big is the change from no displacement to the peak of a wave?

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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