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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The first is displacing labor to more cheaply produce its product, but in doing so it will lower prices for consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
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
As a rule, he is not so good nor gritty a man as the men he is displacing, and he lacks their fighting organization.
From War of the Classes by Jack London
