disruptive

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Production has come back from past dips, whether caused by recessions, strikes or disruptive new technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Berkshire’s Warren Buffett had said breaking up the maker of Heinz ketchup and Kraft mac and cheese would be costly and disruptive, and that shareholders should have gotten a vote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

It’s surprising because ARK invests in disruptive innovators that it believes can deliver sizable long-term returns, so tends to buy the dip when there’s a major selloff in one of the stocks it likes.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

As the world enters a “more disruptive period” after the post-Cold War cooling of nuclear tensions, he expects to soon see “a flowering of artistic projects,” as nuclear risk reaches a local peak.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

“Kindly escort Mrs. Chiltington and her disruptive son out of the building. And whatever you do, don’t let that woman anywhere near the nine hundreds room!”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein