disruptive
Example Sentences
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Analysts worry that such a step could be disruptive for oil markets, though in the long run it may help lower oil prices.
From Barron's
“We like venture capital in particular because there’s a potential to get into highly disruptive companies across all sectors of the global economy, but particularly technology and healthcare,” Mehrotra said.
“At first, I was just focused on the newest disruptive technology,” Sivakumar said.
Players can be sanctioned under Darts Regulation Authority rules for aggressive, disruptive or abusive behaviour.
From BBC
Their orbits show no signs of misalignment, suggesting that their movement toward the star was smooth rather than heavily influenced by disruptive gravitational interactions.
From Science Daily
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