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as in to remove
to change the place or position of
the slight tremor displaced the dishes on the shelves, but didn't do any real damage
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as in to relegate
to force to leave a country
World War II displaced people all over Europe
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as in to depose
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)
the CEO was summarily displaced after the hostile takeover
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Recent Examples of displace
Illinois Realtors Disaster Relief Foundation, which aids communities affected by natural disasters, is providing $500 grants to Cedar Ridge residents still displaced by the fire, according to Jeff Baker, its CEO.
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Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
All seven occupants of the home, five adults and two children, escaped without injuries and are now displaced, Nassau County Chief Fire Marshal Michael Uttaro said, according to Newsday.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
The offensive has destroyed vast areas of Gaza and displaced around 90% of the territory’s population, often multiple times.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
Each filmmaker will receive up to 100,000 euros from the fund to produce a film under one hour that explores the experience of being displaced.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 23 May 2025
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Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
All seven occupants of the home, five adults and two children, escaped without injuries and are now displaced, Nassau County Chief Fire Marshal Michael Uttaro said, according to Newsday.
—Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
The offensive has destroyed vast areas of Gaza and displaced around 90% of the territory’s population, often multiple times.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
Each filmmaker will receive up to 100,000 euros from the fund to produce a film under one hour that explores the experience of being displaced.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for displace
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sent a licensed trapper to remove the injured alligator, officials said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2025
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So everybody that's in the United States, and in this case in Puerto Rico, without an immigration status, needs to be removed or deported.—
Adrian Florido,
NPR,
2 June 2025
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This relegated him to being an 82-game player rather than a 16-game one, which limited his value to prospective teams.—
Mat Issa,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Sourcing in this mode is even less robust; Google relegates sources to clickable carets that don’t highlight the relevant portions of its response.—
Ruben Circelli,
PC Magazine,
5 June 2025
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Bills introduced last week would have replaced the RTA with a new entity called the Northern Illinois Transit Authority that would be given broad planning authority.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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There were a few obvious hurdles: Tom Holland, who played Gregory Cromwell, was now too famous, and Bernard Hill, who starred as the Duke of Norfolk, died before production (he was replaced with Timothy Spall).—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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At the center of the defense team’s argument was Khalil Quinan, the former lead prosecutor on the case, who withdrew after a judge ruled he could be deposed and questioned under oath about his access to the material.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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Sauer made his request following a lower court's decision to allow a government watchdog to depose DOGE staffers to gain greater understanding of the department's workings, arguing it should be subjected to the same rules which apply to any federal agency.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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Recently relocating from London to Lisbon, the company has said Puro-Steele’s remit will be to oversee the agency’s strategic growth ambitions, particularly its goal of elevating Portuguese and Iberian Peninsula talent on the global stage.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
28 May 2025
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Erik said she’s heard of several companies closing or relocating parts of their business.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Their preferred solution to informational complexity—that certain ideas and the people associated with them were Bad and Wrong and needed to be banished from the public sphere—wasn’t much better.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
28 May 2025
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Through his tight leadership that began with the fifth season, delays became a thing of the past, unceremoniously banished to the farthest reaches of the Central Finite Curve.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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However, this does mean that this technology is becoming dated and has been superseded by the following two generations.—
Matt Morris,
Space.com,
25 May 2025
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This, though, was superseded by the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act, which granted birthright citizenship to all non-citizen Native Americans born within the U.S. And, in 1898, the high court ruled that children born in the U.S. to non-citizen immigrants were indeed birthright citizens, Miller said.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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The region went dark late Saturday morning, after a high-voltage line in the region toppled over, RTE said on X.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
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The safe barrier protecting dozens of butterflies at a Missouri zoo was breached as winds toppled trees and tornadoes ripped through the state.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
23 May 2025
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“Displace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displace. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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