outplace
Americanverb (used with object)
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to provide outplacement for.
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to displace; supplant.
Suburban shopping malls outplaced urban department stores in many cities.
Etymology
Origin of outplace
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Undergoing a career adjustment: The condition of an executive who has just been fired, which is often referred to as "dehired" or "outplaced."
From Time Magazine Archive
The hands outplaced upon the knees in lone And placid majesty reveal the power Of Egypt in her most triumphal hour, The calm of tyranny that cannot change.
From Many Gods by Rice, Cale Young
The practitioners have even coined a euphemistic description for the process: "outplacing" executives who have been "dehired."
From Time Magazine Archive
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