disruption

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Traders have also recently bid up the price of oil set to be delivered months in the future, suggesting Wall Street is factoring in a longer-term supply disruption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

While chip makers are yet to see much impact from disruption in the Middle East, eyes are on the supply chain in Asia.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Because investors still aren’t sure how long the war will last, they’re pricing in more supply disruption in May than in June.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Thursday’s swings in oil prices were the latest in a hair-trigger market in which traders have been glued to any new information, sparking moves with a scant relationship to the underlying disruption to physical supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

With the success of the Civil Rights Movement and the launching of the Poor People’s Movement, it was apparent to all that a major disruption in the nation’s racial equilibrium had occurred.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander