as in disturbance
an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed
the flat tire resulted in an unfortunate disruption of the schedule for our road trip
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Recent Examples of disruption
Too often, East Side residents and small businesses bear the burden of construction and disruption without seeing timely support or benefits.
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Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Software stocks soared this week, driven by strong results from Snowflake and Okta, signaling that some companies are navigating their way through artificial intelligence disruption better than Wall Street expected.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 29 May 2026
Prices for the metal are at an all-time high, driven by major supply disruptions in Indonesia and Chile, and soaring demand from artificial intelligence data centers and electric grid infrastructure.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Sommer believes the end result will be worth the disruption.
—Celia Gruber, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
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Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Software stocks soared this week, driven by strong results from Snowflake and Okta, signaling that some companies are navigating their way through artificial intelligence disruption better than Wall Street expected.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 29 May 2026
Prices for the metal are at an all-time high, driven by major supply disruptions in Indonesia and Chile, and soaring demand from artificial intelligence data centers and electric grid infrastructure.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Sommer believes the end result will be worth the disruption.
—Celia Gruber, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for disruption
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disruption
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Shine was found by patrol officers who responded to a disturbance at a home on Papaya Farms Road in Pāhoa on Monday, according to police.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
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Officers determined that the dog belonged to the man and woman involved in the original disturbance and arrested the woman on charges of felony domestic violence and felony assault with a deadly weapon.—
Velvet Wu
June 1,
Sacbee.com,
1 June 2026
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The Canadians have some advantages here, including a more cohesive polity able to overcome conservative/liberal differences and agree on basics such as creating more jobs, and building better education and retraining systems to deal with AI’s dislocations.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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That sense of alienation and dislocation intensified after the October 7, 2023, attacks in Israel.—
Michael W. Sonnenfeldt,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
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“Disruption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disruption. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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