disrupter

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Recent Examples of disrupter Yes, a shouting down includes a disrupter using their speech. Cate Charron, IndyStar, 21 Oct. 2025 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
  • Wednesday Bye weeks have been mostly a nuisance so far this season.
    Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Usually a last resort, the public nuisance investigation allows the Davidson County District Attorney's Office to bring these actions to criminal court, despite the complaint itself being civil in nature, Aaron said.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • According to his obituary, Funkhouser was born an Air Force brat in Michigan and played football in high school.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Lorde writhed and danced on the b-stage and then launched into her own verse, recorded for the song’s viral remix during the brat-green summer of 2024.
    Rachel Scharf, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Disrupter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disrupter. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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