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Recent Examples of displacement Photos in this show reference topics like slavery and the displacement of Indigenous people. Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 18 Aug. 2025 Junta bombs have destroyed homes, schools, markets, places of worship and hospitals, and are a primary cause of the displacement of more than 3.5 million people across the country since the coup. Helen Regan, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2025 At a minimum, the operation will require the further mass displacement of a population that is malnourished and weak. Marc Champion, Twin Cities, 14 Aug. 2025 There is also an urgent need to address rising crime rates and the displacement of senior citizens and youth due to housing affordability challenges. Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for displacement
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Noun
  • Park and McKellar have chosen not to appeal their expulsions due to the time-consuming nature of the process, which Park said would interfere with his other projects.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
  • According to the guild, Park and McKellar did not appeal their expulsions.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 9 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Throughout his second term, Trump has aggressively expanded immigration enforcement—launching mass deportation operations, increasing raids in sanctuary citiesand reviving thousands of old deportation cases.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Trump's position on the southern border with Mexico was the most popular in the survey, collected a 53% positive response, while deportations and tariffs fell under the majority threshhold, with 49% and 45% approvals, respectively.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Displacement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displacement. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.

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