displace
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Building a data center on these sites wouldn’t displace farm land, forests or a neighborhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
But as machine-learning tools gain stronger visual-arts capabilities and chatbots displace web browsing, media workers could face even more disruption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The only option to build the facility was to demolish the Trojans’ longtime baseball field and displace the program for multiple seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
In terms of the bigger picture, the taskforce estimates AI and automation could displace hundreds of thousands of women's jobs by 2035.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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
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The carrier is 178 metres long and displaces 30,000 tonnes, they said, adding it was on its way to Kandla in India.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Healthcare displaces technology at the top of the survey’s consensus overweight ranking for February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
But, some experts warn it contributes to shorter attention spans, exposes children to harmful content, and displaces other activities such as playing outside or talking to friends.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024
"Screen time at bedtime displaces sleep time, which is essential for health and development in young adolescents," Nagata said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024
Consequently, a block of wood floating in a tank displaces less than its own weight in water.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Up to 1.2 billion people could be displaced by 2050, with Pacific island countries experiencing sea level rise at twice the global average, said the report released in August.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Gloucestershire Police said displaced residents have been told they will not be able to return to their homes on Sunday night.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Armies, displaced civilians, refugees, and traders frequently traveled along the same routes, creating opportunities for disease to move between regions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Almost two years after a massive battery fire in Monterey County displaced 1,200 people and smoldered for days, spewing toxic gas into the air, the same facility is burning again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
While staying at the displaced people s camp, Meng, Khouy, and Kim leave to go fishing every morning.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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Deadly blazes swept through large swathes of northern Algeria last week, causing widespread destruction, injuring dozens and displacing thousands of people.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
No. But like the books it makes clear the well-founded fear that settlers had about the Native Americans around them, and the oblivious attitude of the pioneers toward the people they were displacing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
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
I rushed into the passenger seat, displacing a toolbox and welding gloves, while Grandma told Dad about my not washing.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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