displace
verb (used with object)
to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
is displacing
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present progressiveof displace (3rd person singular).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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While the U.S. approaches the sad milestone of one million citizens dead from COVID-19, a devastating land war in Europe is displacing millions, and a rapidly warming planet has caused another Antarctic glacier collapse.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 14, 2022
Staples, the office supply store chain whose name Crypto.com is displacing in Los Angeles, hasn’t fared much better.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
But its arrival has caused concern that it is displacing some native species, such as the two-spot ladybird.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2018
Thus, health research is displacing R&D that could have gone toward more mundane consumer products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2016
American capital is displacing British for the development of their mineral and other resources.
From Down Under With the Prince by Sara Jeannette Duncan
