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  • noun Plural form of displacement.

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Examples

  • Seriously, one way (the ONLY way, really) to deal with soaring productivity growth and globalization induced displacements is to put the monetary foot to the floor.

    Bernanke on the Jobless Recovery, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Time-ravelers deal with short-term displacements, tieing up the loose ends of unraveling lives.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • The scale of such long-term displacements is unknown since no statistics exist.

    YubaNet.com 2008

  • We also have a moral imperative to fight for policies which alleviate as much as possible the short-term displacements that occur as a result, both here at home and abroad.

    Matthew Yglesias » Sherri Berman: Progressives Must Believe in Change 2009

  • We also have a moral imperative to fight for policies which alleviate as much as possible the short-term displacements that occur as a result, both here at home and abroad. need to rethink this?

    Matthew Yglesias » Sherri Berman: Progressives Must Believe in Change 2009

  • Yet, this will still not account for the death toll caused by and associated with mass displacements, which is directly linked to insecurity and often result into death due to endemic diseases, child mortality rate, famine, and lack of adequate services.

    unknown title 2009

  • Yet, this will still not account for the death toll caused by and associated with mass displacements, which is directly linked to insecurity and often result into death due to endemic diseases, child mortality rate, famine, and lack of adequate services.

    unknown title 2009

  • Step by step, slowly but surely, the memoranda in that matrimonial portfolio were growing into accomplished facts; all events, such as displacements of power, were foreseen; and the Plimptons, like Bismarck, had only to indicate, in case of sudden news, the pigeonhole where the plan of any particular campaign was filed.

    The Inside of the Cup — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

  • Step by step, slowly but surely, the memoranda in that matrimonial portfolio were growing into accomplished facts; all events, such as displacements of power, were foreseen; and the Plimptons, like Bismarck, had only to indicate, in case of sudden news, the pigeonhole where the plan of any particular campaign was filed.

    The Inside of the Cup — Volume 02 Winston Churchill 1909

  • Step by step, slowly but surely, the memoranda in that matrimonial portfolio were growing into accomplished facts; all events, such as displacements of power, were foreseen; and the Plimptons, like Bismarck, had only to indicate, in case of sudden news, the pigeonhole where the plan of any particular campaign was filed.

    Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

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