a disrupted condition: After the coup, the country was in disruption.
Business. a radical change in an industry, business strategy, etc., especially involving the introduction of a new product or service that creates a new market: Globalization and the rapid advance of technology are major causes of business disruption.
Origin of disruption
1640–50; <Latin disruptiōn- (stem of disruptiō), equivalent to disrupt- (see disrupt) + -iōn--ion
He adds that given the disruption of coronavirus, it’s likely that dropout rates could be higher than average this year.
UK Universities Predicted a COVID-19 Crash. They Got the Opposite|Fiona Zublin|September 17, 2020|Ozy
Amazon’s cloud service controls nearly half the global market, and takes much of the web down with it whenever it experiences disruptions.
Snowflake’s IPO is a bet on companies using AI for everything|Nicolás Rivero|September 16, 2020|Quartz
Apple previously said on an earnings call that its upcoming iPhone 12 launch would be delayed by “a few weeks,” likely due to supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic.
Everything announced at Apple’s ‘Time Flies’ event today|rhhackettfortune|September 15, 2020|Fortune
Nor will these disruptions wait for the worst environmental changes to occur.
Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration|by Abrahm Lustgarten, photography by Meridith Kohut|September 15, 2020|ProPublica
They weren’t particularly focused on all the things that come with scaling a business, such as limitless growth, total market disruption, and raising loads of professional money.
‘How I Built This’ host Guy Raz on insights from some of the world’s most famous entrepreneurs|Rachel King|September 15, 2020|Fortune
Excerpted from Moneyball for Government, published by Disruption Books, and reprinted with permission.
Can the U.S. Government Go Moneyball?|Peter Orszag, Jim Nussle|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some are genuinely aggrieved by the disruption caused to the transport system.
Hong Kong Between Calm and Chaos|Ben Leung|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even most oil companies acknowledge the disruption caused by strip mining; that is one reason why they have developed In Situ.
Our Trip to The Climate War's Ground Zero|Darren Aronofsky|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Disruption Machine Jill Lepore, The New Yorker What the gospel of innovation gets wrong.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, June 21, 2014||June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Electricity has remained as before, but a disruption of water services was reported Sunday.
Under an ISIS Flag, the Sons of Mosul Are Rallying|Andrew Slater|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This disruption will establish in America all the evil conditions of Europe from which our fathers fled hither.
The Brothers' War|John Calvin Reed
And even greater damage is done in the disruption of the organization.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 1|Various
One of the shrewdest acts of Mr. Gladstone's career was his disruption of the suffrage organisation in England.
My Own Story|Emmeline Pankhurst
One and all knew that the long-dreaded peril was upon them—the disruption of the polar pack.
True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World|Adolphus W. Greely
On the great Emperor's death the forces of disruption made themselves felt at once.