as in expulsion
the forced removal from a homeland
the displacement of Jews from the land of their ancestors
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Recent Examples of displacement
For him, the most painful part of displacement wasn’t being forced from his home, but not knowing what had happened to it.
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Fatima Abdulkarim Afif Amireh, New York Times, 8 May 2025
Also, damage can occur even with small displacements.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
That would likely amount to their forcible displacement and exacerbate an already dire humanitarian crisis.
—Arkansas Online, 6 May 2025
Building on the 650, the X-Cape 700 comes with more power and a higher displacement of 693cc.
—New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
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Fatima Abdulkarim Afif Amireh, New York Times, 8 May 2025
Also, damage can occur even with small displacements.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
That would likely amount to their forcible displacement and exacerbate an already dire humanitarian crisis.
—Arkansas Online, 6 May 2025
Building on the 650, the X-Cape 700 comes with more power and a higher displacement of 693cc.
—New Atlas, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for displacement
Noun
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After a few days of processing what had just happened, between the momentous assassination and his own expulsion, his mother drove him to the board of education headquarters on High Street.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
21 May 2025
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South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives on Wednesday seeking the expulsion of New Jersey Democrat LaMonica McIver.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
Noun
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On May 21, a federal judge in Boston ruled the administration violated a court order preventing deportation of migrants to countries not their own without adequate time to challenge the move.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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The Supreme Court earlier in May barred the administration from quickly resuming deportations of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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“Displacement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/displacement. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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