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| gentrification |
the process by which buildings in decaying neighborhoods are bought and renovated by relatively wealthy people, thus causing the displacement and sometimes homelessness of poor people. |
| gentrify |
to restore or upgrade (a deteriorated neighborhood) by renovation of existing homes and the like, usu. resulting in the displacement of poor residents by more affluent ones. |
| pessary |
a device worn in the vagina to correct uterine displacement, or to prevent conception. [1/2 definitions] |
| slipped disk |
a displacement or herniation of an intervertebral disk, which results in back pain or sciatica. |
| ton |
a unit used in measuring the displacement of ships, equal to thirty-five cubic feet or a long ton of sea water. [1/7 definitions] |
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