disrupter

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Recent Examples of disrupter China is now focused on being seen not as a disrupter but as the defender of the international order, putting a new spin on its long-standing effort to secure a privileged position in existing institutions and to boost its capacity to set norms and rules inside them. Jeffrey Prescott, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2025 The strong urge to be a positive disrupter can thrust you into the role of trailblazer. James Patterson, Big Think, 24 Sep. 2025 Halfway through his sentence, the president stopped to scold the disrupter. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Jake the disrupter vs the Tank destroyer, for the face of boxing crown, live from the heart of the south, Atlanta. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025 Snif Founded by Bryan Edwards and Phil Riportella in 2020, Snif is the beauty industry’s clean scent disrupter offering fine yet affordable fragrances, mists, detergents and candles with baroque and whimsical aromas. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrupter
Noun
  • Situations like this are certainly a nuisance, but the quickest way to cause animosity with your neighbors is to come between them and their sleep.
    Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • While many consider the mammal a nuisance for raiding garbage cans and damaging property, raccoons can also carry diseases, and they probably shouldn't be kept as housepets.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Oktoberfest specials include items for all times of the day, such as brat and eggs for breakfast; Pretzel Burgers and Pretzel Bites with Bock Beer cheese for lunch or dinner; and Pumpkin Maple Crunch Muffins for dessert.
    Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
  • After Wisconsin, is Ohio State the second-best brat-eating school in the conference?
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Disrupter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrupter. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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