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
End attributed the decrease in revenue primarily to the temporary disruption associated with the rollout of a new warehouse management system and the deliberate pacing of shipments as the distribution centers ramped back to normal capacity.
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David Moin,
Footwear News,
30 June 2026
Katz said the fuel disruption comes alongside deeper economic pressure caused by the Russia–Ukraine war, including high domestic borrowing, steep interest rates and a budget increasingly built around military spending.
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Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
This gives planners a clearer picture of existing infrastructure and enables smarter decisions that minimize cost and disruption.
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Taco Engelaar,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
Yet even wealthy tech founders face the same series of disruptions ordinary people do.
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Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
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David Moin,
Footwear News,
30 June 2026
Katz said the fuel disruption comes alongside deeper economic pressure caused by the Russia–Ukraine war, including high domestic borrowing, steep interest rates and a budget increasingly built around military spending.
—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2026
This gives planners a clearer picture of existing infrastructure and enables smarter decisions that minimize cost and disruption.
—
Taco Engelaar,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
Yet even wealthy tech founders face the same series of disruptions ordinary people do.
—
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for disruption
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disruption
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Even tiny electromagnetic disturbances can disrupt the quantum states that perform calculations, reducing the accuracy and reliability of the system.
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However, about 15 minutes into the flight, a pilot reported a passenger disturbance to air traffic control.
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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 5 Jul. 2026.
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