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displacement

[dis-pleys-muhnt] / dɪsˈpleɪs mənt /


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Experienced workers in routine information-processing roles—adjusting insurance claims, translating documents, writing standard ad copy—face genuine displacement risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

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

Organizing workforce policy around displacement measures would likely expand bureaucracy and tie up resources in tracking layoffs, monitoring “AI risk” and subsidizing retraining.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Accenture’s shares are down 34% this year thanks in no small part to AI displacement fears.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Meaning, literally: a state of displacement, of being driven out of one’s senses.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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