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displace

[dis-pleys] / dɪsˈpleɪs /




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The development is expected to displace 130 bat roosts but Reform UK county councillor, Vernon Smith, said he was astonished by the cost of the project.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“We continue to believe it is highly unlikely that tools from the frontier labs will displace cybersecurity vendors, particularly those that primarily provide solutions that do real-time detection & response,” D.A.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

A survey of chief financial officers found AI will primarily displace workers in routine, clerical and administrative roles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Much of the slide came early this year, when the market began to fear that Anthropic, OpenAI, and even smaller artificial intelligence innovators would displace the need for all kinds of services—including internet-based consumer services.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 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




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