bottom-up
adjective
bot·tom-up
ˈbä-təm-ˈəp 
: progressing upward from the lowest levels (as of a stratified organization or system)
bottom-up management
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Each of these acts is a thread in a quiet, bottom-up globalization tapestry.
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Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Protection from surveillance comes in two forms: top-down legal and policy limits on data collection, and bottom-up technological protections in the hands of the targets of that surveillance.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 16 June 2025
First framing the tension between the BBC’s traditional top-down reporting model and the democratic, bottom-up potential of crowdsourced news, Jones speaks to the BBC’s embrace of citizen media by citing several key factors.
—David Silverberg, JSTOR Daily, 13 June 2025
The unilateral imposition of tariffs is one example, but so is a more hierarchical method of crafting national security policy: presidential comments or social media posts, for example, have replaced the postwar bottom-up system.
—Michael Singh, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2025
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Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Protection from surveillance comes in two forms: top-down legal and policy limits on data collection, and bottom-up technological protections in the hands of the targets of that surveillance.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 16 June 2025
First framing the tension between the BBC’s traditional top-down reporting model and the democratic, bottom-up potential of crowdsourced news, Jones speaks to the BBC’s embrace of citizen media by citing several key factors.
—David Silverberg, JSTOR Daily, 13 June 2025
The unilateral imposition of tariffs is one example, but so is a more hierarchical method of crafting national security policy: presidential comments or social media posts, for example, have replaced the postwar bottom-up system.
—Michael Singh, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for bottom-up
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“Bottom-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom-up. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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