displacement

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One important method involves DNA strand displacement, a biochemical process that enables precise programming of movement using specific DNA sequences labeled as "fuel" and "structure."

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

A survey last year of 3,020 Americans 16 and older by workforce nonprofit Jobs for the Future showed widespread worry about AI-related job displacement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

When a single research report vaporizes hundreds of billions in market cap, institutional investors have already modeled their own displacement.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

A theatre is among the makeshift displacement camps in the city, with some 35 people living there, sleeping in the projector room and the auditorium.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

That had been Nicholas’s job for all of his short life, and, as his mother recalled, he did not take displacement well.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times