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displace

[dis-pleys] / dɪsˈpleɪs /




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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 new sectors need roughly half the labor of the old ones they displace, she says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

None of these reforms would displace Slaughter’s core holding.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

That means the record markdowns last year don’t factor in the extent of concerns that artificial-intelligence agents like Anthropic’s Claude Cowork, launched in January, will displace traditional software tools.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Colonial governments, and later the United States, frequently deployed rangers to quash Indigenous resistance and displace Indigenous nations.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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

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

Hochman has not taken a public position on the Menendez case, but has said he intends to review the decision if he displaces Gascón.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2024

In an early unpublished text from the 1590s he sought to demonstrate that Archimedes’ principle, that a body floats when it displaces its own weight in water, is necessarily true.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

"My village has been displaced multiple times due to floods and erosion," Doley said in an earlier interview, external.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Most of the population has been displaced, and many are living in squalid tent camps or bombed-out buildings where they are reliant on humanitarian aid.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

The UN estimates that about 1.9 million people - 90% of Gaza's population - have been displaced since the war started.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Mohammed Ali, who was displaced from Hodeida province to al-Khokha, north of Mokha, was considering moving his family further east to Aden.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 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

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

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

“California’s battery component is proving particularly effective at displacing gas load,” the energy intelligence firm says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Pet interrupted her by appearing slowly, a heaviness displacing the air.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi




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