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
His comparison for this disruption isn’t the internet.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
But despite being a major disruption to education, the power of AI should not be a reason to discourage its use, said Kong Siu Cheung, a professor and director of the AI and Digital Competence Education Center at the Education University of Hong Kong.
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John Liu,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
At least with healthcare, the sector doesn’t have the same type of AI-disruption overhang weighing on it.
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Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
Additionally, there hasn’t been much disruption to business travel, Hodge adds.
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Tiago Ventura,
Time,
26 June 2026
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
But despite being a major disruption to education, the power of AI should not be a reason to discourage its use, said Kong Siu Cheung, a professor and director of the AI and Digital Competence Education Center at the Education University of Hong Kong.
—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
At least with healthcare, the sector doesn’t have the same type of AI-disruption overhang weighing on it.
—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
26 June 2026
Additionally, there hasn’t been much disruption to business travel, Hodge adds.
—
Tiago Ventura,
Time,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disruption
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Golt could not say what the disturbance was about.
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However, in the eastern Pacific basin, a pair of tropical disturbances are being watched for possible development in the next several days far from land.
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Yet for all its honesty about that dislocation, the film remains remarkably hopeful.
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The company’s claim is that MST modifies the mechanical stress state of the silicon surface in a way that discourages dislocation nucleation and propagation during the subsequent GaN growth steps.
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“Disruption.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disruption. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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