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as in relocated
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 exiled
to force to leave a country
World War II displaced people all over Europe
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as in replaced
to take the place of
inefficient methods displaced by newer ones
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as in deposed
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 displaced
Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Hamilton County's Division of Buildings and Inspections has been notified, as well as the the University of Cincinnati which is helping with any displaced students.
—Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
Azerbaijan continues to occupy pockets of Armenian territory, and difficult negotiations remain over constitutional language and the fate of displaced people.
—Narek Mkrtchyan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Libyans have suffered a major humanitarian crisis in recent years, with thousands killed and many more displaced.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Celebrating its 30th year, Best in Drag raises funds for APLA Health’s Alliance for Housing and Healing to support displaced and unhoused individuals with HIV/AIDS, providing subsidized apartments and emergency financial assistance in Los Angeles.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
Berg pointed out that thousands of residents gathered at vigils and solidarity events, provided support for Israel and South Florida itself became a safe haven for displaced Israelis.
—Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday pledged a month of his salary to relief efforts for displaced residents, and was set to visit the disaster zone later on Thursday.
—Reuters, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
Schools quickly became shelters for displaced families, mattresses crammed into classrooms where desks once stood.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
In the Dominican Republic, at least one person has died and more than 1,000 people have evacuated or been displaced, officials said Friday.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Rakovskyi’s camerawork is especially dynamic during a sequence that closely follows animal rescue efforts in the flooded area around the Dnipro River after the June 2023 destruction of a dam (Ukraine and Russia blamed each other for the devastation, which displaced thousands of people).
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Last month, my father and siblings, who have been displaced many times since October 7th, 2023, were forced to flee Israeli strikes in Gaza City.
—Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Families were displaced all to get to uptown faster.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
The storm displaced about 130 people and damaged more than 500 buildings.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Evacuations slowed and complicated by remoteness Initially, many of the displaced sheltered in schools throughout the region.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Chargin is calling on the county and the city to go above and beyond their current efforts to ensure options are available for those who are displaced, and so that the whole community isn’t affected by the move.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
The number of displaced people kept increasing until, one day in November, our home had become a refuge for over forty-five relatives, all sharing our meals.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Hamilton County's Division of Buildings and Inspections has been notified, as well as the the University of Cincinnati which is helping with any displaced students.
—Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
Azerbaijan continues to occupy pockets of Armenian territory, and difficult negotiations remain over constitutional language and the fate of displaced people.
—Narek Mkrtchyan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Libyans have suffered a major humanitarian crisis in recent years, with thousands killed and many more displaced.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Celebrating its 30th year, Best in Drag raises funds for APLA Health’s Alliance for Housing and Healing to support displaced and unhoused individuals with HIV/AIDS, providing subsidized apartments and emergency financial assistance in Los Angeles.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
Berg pointed out that thousands of residents gathered at vigils and solidarity events, provided support for Israel and South Florida itself became a safe haven for displaced Israelis.
—Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday pledged a month of his salary to relief efforts for displaced residents, and was set to visit the disaster zone later on Thursday.
—Reuters, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
Schools quickly became shelters for displaced families, mattresses crammed into classrooms where desks once stood.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Since October 2023, Israel's ground and air offensives in Gaza have displaced more than 2 million people and killed more than 68,500 Palestinians, according to the AP.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
In the Dominican Republic, at least one person has died and more than 1,000 people have evacuated or been displaced, officials said Friday.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Rakovskyi’s camerawork is especially dynamic during a sequence that closely follows animal rescue efforts in the flooded area around the Dnipro River after the June 2023 destruction of a dam (Ukraine and Russia blamed each other for the devastation, which displaced thousands of people).
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Last month, my father and siblings, who have been displaced many times since October 7th, 2023, were forced to flee Israeli strikes in Gaza City.
—Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Families were displaced all to get to uptown faster.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
The storm displaced about 130 people and damaged more than 500 buildings.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Evacuations slowed and complicated by remoteness Initially, many of the displaced sheltered in schools throughout the region.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Chargin is calling on the county and the city to go above and beyond their current efforts to ensure options are available for those who are displaced, and so that the whole community isn’t affected by the move.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for displaced
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If Doan’s Coyotes records were treated the same way Hawerchuk’s Jets records were, moving from one city to the next as a franchise relocated, then Utah Mammoth star Clayton Keller would be chasing him.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The town was established after San Francisco banned new burials and exhumed and relocated bodies to Colma in the early 1900s.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Campbell was exiled after that, sent back to Worcester four days later never to return to Boston.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Dharamshala is best known internationally as the seat of the Dalai Lama, who has been based there since being exiled from Tibet in 1959.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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The incidence of peanut allergies declined 43%, meaning that eggs have now replaced peanuts as the most common childhood allergen.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Plus, unlike many office workers, her job isn’t at risk of being replaced by AI.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Also among the deposed were Lively's costars Jenny Slate, 41, and Isabela Ferrer, 20.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Manuel Noriega, the former dictator of Panama, spent time there following his extradition from the United States after the American invasion that deposed him.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Conover keeps his readers waiting for too long, almost half the book, before saying anything about how the San Luis Valley came to be a magnet for the dispossessed.—
Kathryn Schulz,
The New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2022
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The remnants reflected the lives of dispossessed and displaced people.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
19 May 2022
Verb
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The original trees had to be removed in 2013 after being poisoned by Alabama fan Harvey Updyke.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Investigators have removed a haul of items from the camps for forensic examination as part of ongoing enquiries to identify anyone who might have assisted Phillips during his time on the run.—
Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The man in the suit, banished from Faik Ağa, had taken up a spot at Irfan’s café.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Located next to the Rainbow Room where Eleven honed her telekinetic skills—and banished Henry to the Upside Down—the office is filled with notebooks.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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But Dodge’s position as Stein’s exclusive representative was shortly to be superseded.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Articles of Confederation underpinned the first governing system set up for the new United States but was only in effect for less than a decade before the Constitution superseded it.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Displaced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displaced. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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