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disrupter





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“Rather than being disrupted, our 120-year-old company is the disrupter — and we’re just getting started,” C.H.

From MarketWatch Feb. 13, 2026

If appointed cabinet secretary, Dame Antonia is not a civil servant who would hide in the shadows and her supporters say she is a "disrupter" who can challenge Whitehall orthodoxy.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

“We note that Harvey has already been a disrupter in the space, particularly in…ancillary legal productivity tools.”

From Barron's Feb. 3, 2026

“I would argue that Jim Moylan is an equally compelling kind of disrupter: an engineer in a large company who insisted on making our daily lives better.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 3, 2026

This disrupter of seasons was a new girl in school named Maureen Peal.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison




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