How to Use displace in a Sentence

displace

verb
Definition of displacenext
Synonyms for displacenext
  • The war has displaced thousands of people.
  • The closing of the factory has displaced many workers.
  • The hurricane displaced most of the town's residents.
  • White petals displace pressure from the pores of my skin.
    — Alex Wagner, SPIN, 15 July 2022
  • He’s been described as a guy who plays like a bull in a China shop, and one who already has good hand control and can easily displace opposing lineman.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 19 July 2022
  • More than 2,200 Lebanese have been killed in recent weeks, while a quarter of the country’s population is displaced.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Landlords are less likely to invest in heat pumps or other air conditioning systems because that would only raise the rent and the rent would displace individuals.
    — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 1 July 2022
  • Analysis by the state's transportation district said the project would displace up to 147 commercial and resident properties.
    — Katy Barber, Chron, 27 June 2022
  • As travelers flock back to airplanes post-pandemic, airlines are even more reluctant to displace revenue passengers, and that redemption rate for frequent flyer miles could drop further.
    — Peter Greenberg, CBS News, 20 June 2022
  • Almost all of the enclave's 2 million population have been displaced at least once; 60% of buildings are damaged or destroyed, the U.N. says.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Leclerc, the Rangers’ displaced closer, pitched a 1-2-3 ninth in a one-run game.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 17 June 2023
  • More than half a dozen shelters were opened in the state to house those displaced.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Since the start of the war, more than a million Palestinians have been displaced to the south.
    — Adam Rasgon, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Four people were displaced and no longer have a home, Sanchez said.
    — Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
  • About 80% of Gaza's 2.3 million people have been displaced by the war.
    — Julia Frankel The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The union is seeking to ensure that the adoption of AI will not displace jobs.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 May 2024
  • The blaze displaced a family who lived in the other half of the duplex.
    — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Around 6,000 people have died in the fighting, and more than a million have been displaced.
    — Sophie Neiman, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2024
  • The world watched our people forcibly displaced and did nothing.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The couple is now displaced and living in their garage, which Reeves calls a cottage.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Many of the people who were displaced moved down, went closer to Egypt, into Rafah.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
  • In 2020, a fire broke out at a refugee camp in the town of Moria, on the Greek island of Lesbos, displacing thousands.
    — The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Over 60% of the internally displaced were forced onto the streets just last year, the agency said.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The United Nations says the war has displaced around 2 million people in Gaza.
    — Aya Batrawy, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Tens of thousands of people have been killed, and millions more are displaced.
    — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • As of Tuesday, 16 residents have been displaced, the city said.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 11 July 2023
  • At least 1,000 people have died in Africa, and millions of people have been displaced.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Fire officials say that more than a dozen residents were displaced due to the fire.
    — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2023
  • The significance of a safe home to those who are displaced is colossal.
    — Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
  • Roughly 3,000 students from the four Lahaina public schools have been displaced in the fires.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2023

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