as in expulsion
the forced removal from a homeland
the displacement of Jews from the land of their ancestors
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Recent Examples of displacement
Driven by poverty, displacement, limited access to quality education and other factors, child labor is most prevalent in agriculture and disproportionately affects children in the world’s poorest regions.
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Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The San Andreas and San Jacinto faults are strike-slip faults, which typically cause horizontal displacement.
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Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
Kim Cupit, curator of collections for the Denton County Office of History & Culture, notes that the creation of Texas Woman’s University played a pivotal role in the displacement of Quakertown.
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Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
The displacement of so many Jews from their ancient home becomes a kind of tit for tat—a balancing act of victimhood against the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees who fled or were expelled during Israel’s war of independence.
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Adam Louis-Klein,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
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Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The San Andreas and San Jacinto faults are strike-slip faults, which typically cause horizontal displacement.
—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
Kim Cupit, curator of collections for the Denton County Office of History & Culture, notes that the creation of Texas Woman’s University played a pivotal role in the displacement of Quakertown.
—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
The displacement of so many Jews from their ancient home becomes a kind of tit for tat—a balancing act of victimhood against the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees who fled or were expelled during Israel’s war of independence.
—
Adam Louis-Klein,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for displacement
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The flight or expulsion of 850,000 Jews from countries across the Middle East is a story that still too often rests in silence, but even when it is told, the ideology that caused it is seldom named.
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The Radical Reform Movement has called for the expulsion of foreign investors.
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In addition to the fear of deportation, the ruling puts thousands of immigrants at risk of losing their work authorization and their jobs, according to a Haitian-American journalist.
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Federal law explicitly protects TPS holders from deportation while the designation is in effect.
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“Displacement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displacement. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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