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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

"We can expect displacement sites and cities to flood. Every gap in our response is a gap that armed groups, trafficking networks and despair will fill," Goodstein said.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 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

He now understood the issue of displacement in terms of volume, and it was an easy step then to grasp it in terms of weight.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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