displacements
- plural of displacement.
Example Sentences
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After five forced displacements during the war, Abu Iyad just wants to stay put, in whatever shelter he can find, or make for himself.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025
This may not prove true for the displacements AI is beginning to trigger.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
The couple’s married life became a series of displacements, fleeing from Gaza City to various other parts of the enclave in accordance with instructions from the Israeli military to escape Israeli bombings.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024
U.S. officials voiced concerns over the how a major operation in the city would affect the around 1.3 million Palestinians who were sheltering there after eight months of violence and multiple displacements.
From Salon • May 30, 2024
Even for Barnard’s Star, the investigation must be painstaking, a search for microscopic displacements of position on photographic plates exposed at the telescope over a period of decades.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
