Yvon Chouinard

I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources.

American Businessman

Brian Greene

String theory envisions a multiverse in which our universe is one slice of bread in a big cosmic loaf. The other slices would be displaced from ours in some extra dimension of space.

American Physicist

Masha Gessen

If human rights are an attribute of being human, then we must consider the fact that tens of millions of displaced people around the world have been rendered less than human.

Russian Journalist

Alberto Giacometti

Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed and displaced, images, impressions, facts which have deeply moved me.

Swiss Sculptor

Frank Shamrock

I speak the truth on what happened to me because it's happening to a lot of people that grow up in displaced and disadvantaged communities.

American Mixed Martial Artist

Mel Gibson

I think digital will displace film, yes. We're talking about digital as a thing of the future, but I'm afraid that it's here.

Actor

Yance Ford

If I can help one family embrace their child and not displace them and throw them out, I'm happy about that.

American Director

Y. G. Mahendran

There was a time when people were afraid that film music would totally displace classical music.

Letitia James

We have a moral responsibility to help veterans avoid homelessness and displacement.

American Public Servant

Barney Frank

There's a lot to be said for not displacing people.

American Politician

Displace implies someone or something is being moved against their will.

Forced Movement

'Displace' usually suggests hardship or inconvenience for those affected.

Negative Connotation

Displacement can refer to psychological or social status, not just physical location.

Not Always Physical

'Displace' underlines a shift where the new replaces the old.

Change in Status

Often implies progress or change, as newer things displace older ones.

Evolution and Progress

Can also refer to abstract concepts like ideas or practices.

Non-physical Domains

In physics, it involves a physical object's movement causing another physical change.

Physical Change

It's used to measure how much an object affects its surroundings in physics.

Measure of Effect

 Now, how does the most powerful country in the world handle these displaced people? They cram them onto cots, put all your personal belongings in a plastic garbage bag, stick it underneath, and put you on the floor of an entire sports arena, or a gymnasium. So obviously there's a massive housing gap,

Michael McDaniel: Cheap,...

 most damaged you know suffering places I thought in the world I found that one in five children there would die before the age of five it was a pretty regular thing that you'd find more than a million people displaced inside the country it was a probably place that you would find

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 the two politicians came together, had a cup of tea, signed a peace agreement, and the country moved on. I was a very disturbed man because I saw the violence firsthand. I saw the killings. I saw the displacement. I met women who had been raped, and it disturbed me,

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 Today, roughly one in seven people worldwide experiences this auditory sensation. So where does this persistent sound come from? When you normally hear something, sound waves hit various areas of your ear, creating vibrations that displace fluid inside the cochlea.

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 suffer tomorrow if parts of the world become increasingly uninhabitable future climate change could lead to internal displacement and migration crop failures lead to food riots food riots lead to destabilizations of government and we can imagine a kind of

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 to the moment we fall asleep. Why? I think it's because computers give us superpowers. Within the digital universe, we have the power to displace space and the power to displace time. It doesn't matter if you're using technology for entertainment,

The dawn of the age of...

 or leaving drought-stricken areas in search of better circumstances. There are many people around the world who have been displaced because of natural disasters, food insecurities, and other hardships, but international law, rightly or wrongly,

What does it mean to be...

 The science of surfing begins as soon as you and your board first hit the water. The board’s size and light construction help it displace a lot of water. In turn, a buoyant force equal to the weight of the displaced water pushes up,

The physics of surfing -...

 sends an enormous burst of energy up through the ocean displacing enormous quantities of water with the upward motion a series of waves expands in all directions in deep water these waves travel fast up to five hundred miles an

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 In some regions, this has also led to the displacement of farmers and indigenous communities. So if we want to keep using soy and all its byproducts, we’ll need to find a way to do it humanely and sustainably.

Displace

Forced Movement

Negative Connotation

Not Always Physical

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