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as in to remove
to change the place or position of
the slight tremor displaced the dishes on the shelves, but didn't do any real damage
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as in to relegate
to force to leave a country
World War II displaced people all over Europe
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as in to depose
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)
the CEO was summarily displaced after the hostile takeover
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Recent Examples of displace
The impact on aid The U.N. Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Thursday that since Israel resumed military operations in March, 640,000 Palestinians have been displaced.
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 June 2025
Gordon, 24, was brilliant for Newcastle in 2023-24, but last season was laborious from the start, with the England player unsettled by summer interest from Liverpool, then suspended for the cup final, before struggling to displace Barnes.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 June 2025
That’s when thousands of people displaced from Hurricane Andrew in South Miami-Dade began new lives in the suburbs of South Broward.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
Herons that nested nearby in trees by the Chicago History Museum since at least 2014 were displaced when construction began in 2021 for a trail nearby.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 June 2025
Gordon, 24, was brilliant for Newcastle in 2023-24, but last season was laborious from the start, with the England player unsettled by summer interest from Liverpool, then suspended for the cup final, before struggling to displace Barnes.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 June 2025
That’s when thousands of people displaced from Hurricane Andrew in South Miami-Dade began new lives in the suburbs of South Broward.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
Herons that nested nearby in trees by the Chicago History Museum since at least 2014 were displaced when construction began in 2021 for a trail nearby.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
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To remove that barrier, managers can ensure their team receives basic AI literacy and capability training.—
Heide Abelli,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sent a licensed trapper to remove the injured alligator, officials said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2025
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This relegated him to being an 82-game player rather than a 16-game one, which limited his value to prospective teams.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Sourcing in this mode is even less robust; Google relegates sources to clickable carets that don’t highlight the relevant portions of its response.—
Ruben Circelli,
PC Magazine,
5 June 2025
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The only way to ensure Hamas cannot reign over Gaza and threaten Israel is by replacing it with another governing entity legitimate to the international community, Arab neighbors like Egypt, UAE, and Saudi Arabia, and Palestinians themselves.—
Ehud Barak,
Time,
2 June 2025
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Bills introduced last week would have replaced the RTA with a new entity called the Northern Illinois Transit Authority that would be given broad planning authority.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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The district court granted most of CREW's request for information, including deposing Gleason.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
23 May 2025
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Also in 1973, the Chilean military, with the C.I.A.’s help, deposed Chile’s president, Salvador Allende, and inaugurated what became a 17-year dictatorship.—
Lily Meyer,
The Dial,
20 May 2025
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The police department will relocate to a facility in a 950-space parking garage being built on the east side of campus.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 June 2025
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The New York Racing Association temporarily relocated it there while Belmont Park on Long Island undergoes nearly half-a-billion dollars in renovations.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 June 2025
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Their preferred solution to informational complexity—that certain ideas and the people associated with them were Bad and Wrong and needed to be banished from the public sphere—wasn’t much better.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
28 May 2025
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Through his tight leadership that began with the fifth season, delays became a thing of the past, unceremoniously banished to the farthest reaches of the Central Finite Curve.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Moreover, this isn’t just another limit that will be superseded by the next generation of AI.—
Ginny Whitelaw,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The hope was for federal legislation that would supersede the more than 30 individual state laws that have made governance in college sports nearly impossible.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 May 2025
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One game after the Oilers were unsuccessful in challenging that Bennett interfered with Stuart Skinner during the game’s first goal, Bennett toppled over Skinner after getting contact from Ekholm later in the period.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Sabalenka had toppled the Polish star Iga Swiatek, winner of the past three consecutive French Opens, in the semifinal.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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“Displace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displace. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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