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
According to Zhang, if the movement represents a real physical displacement rather than a sensor malfunction or imaging artifact, its performance would be extraordinary.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026
Regions like Tigray, Amhara, and Oromia remain ravaged by active warfare, massacres, and mass displacement.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
Fighting is also driving ongoing displacements and deaths in the nearby Artibonite region where on Wednesday police destroyed the home of the head of the Kokorat San Ras gang and confiscated several weapons.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
For many in our Vietnamese community, their experience includes displacement, loss, and rebuilding after the fall of Saigon.
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 May 2026
Regions like Tigray, Amhara, and Oromia remain ravaged by active warfare, massacres, and mass displacement.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 31 May 2026
Fighting is also driving ongoing displacements and deaths in the nearby Artibonite region where on Wednesday police destroyed the home of the head of the Kokorat San Ras gang and confiscated several weapons.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
For many in our Vietnamese community, their experience includes displacement, loss, and rebuilding after the fall of Saigon.
—Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for displacement
Noun
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The young Brooks’s disciplinary problems began with fights in primary school and culminated in his expulsion from college for threatening a policeman with a firearm.—
Rob Wolfe,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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The Board of Education approves the Orange County Depart of Education’s annual budget, also hearing appeals for expulsions, charter school applications and inter-district transfers.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
3 June 2026
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Federal law explicitly protects TPS holders from deportation while the designation is in effect.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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Brinkema said in Friday’s hearing Gyasi and her son could leave Virginia and be deported only if the government could guarantee she would no longer be held at Dulles while that deportation is processed.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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“Displacement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displacement. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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