displace
verb (used with object)
to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
displaces
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present tense formof displace (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The carrier is 178 metres long and displaces 30,000 tonnes, they said, adding it was on its way to Kandla in India.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Healthcare displaces technology at the top of the survey’s consensus overweight ranking for February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
He warns against weakening workers' bargaining power, especially as technology displaces jobs and unemployment remains high.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
But opponents say it displaces businesses in downtown Inglewood and would be cheaper and more efficient to create dedicated bus lanes to and from the entertainment district.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
It is perfectly correct to claim that in a boundless fluid a floating body displaces its own weight in water.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
