displace
verb (used with object)
to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
are displacing
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present progressiveof displace.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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By automating ad creation at scale, these platforms are displacing creative workers and agencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
“UPFs are displacing healthier, less processed foods all over the world, and also causing a deterioration in diet quality due to their several harmful attributes,” Monteiro told The Guardian.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2024
When I toured the Quinault Indian Nation earlier this year, I saw firsthand how climate-related impacts are displacing Indigenous coastal communities from their ancestral homelands.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2021
Modern twinjets are displacing older four-engined jets like the 747 and the soon-to-be-axed Airbus A380.
From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2020
The West Side is congested, because manufacture and storehouses are displacing the houses.
From The Leaven in a Great City by Lillian William Betts
