bottom-up

adjective

bot·​tom-up ˈbä-təm-ˈəp How to pronounce bottom-up (audio)
: progressing upward from the lowest levels (as of a stratified organization or system)
bottom-up management

Examples of bottom-up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That’s why with generative AI solutions, for example, JLL takes a slightly different approach, using a bottom-up feedback loop to ensure that tech is built with the right end user in mind. John Kell, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024 The logo will have a futuristic font and will be positioned at the top, tipped on its side, reading from the bottom-up, slightly overlapping the main image. Wes Davis, The Verge, 4 Mar. 2024 This entails putting forth intelligible terms a top-down or bottom-up structure that defines the cybersecurity ecosphere. Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 Iron Dome also illustrates how the line between bottom-up initiative and outright insubordination is often blurred. Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024 By the time Giuliani took office, in 1994, a bottom-up consensus had emerged around a comprehensive revitalization strategy. Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023 The Republican-era speakers are being forced to relinquish control, a bottom-up approach, as the hard-right Freedom Caucus and its allies, many aligned with Trump, refuse to go along with compromises emanating from the speaker's office. Lisa Mascaro The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023 This is something that's going to be done in a bottom-up way. Nbc Universal, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2023 That’s the bottom-up earnings-per-share estimate for the S&P 500 for 2024, according to FactSet’s aggregation of median EPS estimates for companies in the index. Hannah Miao, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bottom-up was in 1930

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“Bottom-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom-up. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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