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

But while the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is disruptive to global supplies, others argue the world today is more resilient.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The combination of "three different disruptive technologies: genome sequencing, artificial intelligence, and RNA therapeutics... offers new possibilities and challenges", Smith said.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 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

“Jefferson sold several young men with a propensity for running away,” Monticello historian Lucia Stanton explains, “in accordance with his policy of ridding his domain of disruptive elements.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis