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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The group suggested a bottom-up residual structure whereby top earners would be the last to collect residuals rather than the first.
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
Analysts have cut their bottom-up fourth quarter earnings estimate for the S&P 500 by 3.9%, according to FactSet research released Friday.
—Hardika Singh, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
But the book makes clear the limitations of the bottom-up approach: the cast of characters is so large, and their stories so intermingled, that the narrative lacks coherence.
—Peter Englund, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
This bottom-up approach is in line with my colleague Dani Rodrik’s recent paper, with Nathan Lane and Reka Juhasz, reviewing evidence around the structures that make industrial policies successful.
—TIME, 16 Oct. 2023
The gathering at the Vatican, which for the first time will include and give a vote to laypeople — including women — is central to Francis’s bottom-up view of the church.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
Social media enables a concept called bottom-up social diffusion.
—Mary Magnuson, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
The Chinese state endorsed—or benignly neglected—the spontaneous, bottom-up explosion of rural entrepreneurship, and the reformist leadership deserved full credit for not stifling it.
—Yasheng Huang, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2023
But with free agency and the expansion draft around the corner, the organization is looking to develop a bottom-up culture, in many ways representing the origins of Cousins’ Reading FC teams.
—Sven Karabegovic, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
Analysts have cut their bottom-up fourth quarter earnings estimate for the S&P 500 by 3.9%, according to FactSet research released Friday.
—Hardika Singh, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
But the book makes clear the limitations of the bottom-up approach: the cast of characters is so large, and their stories so intermingled, that the narrative lacks coherence.
—Peter Englund, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
This bottom-up approach is in line with my colleague Dani Rodrik’s recent paper, with Nathan Lane and Reka Juhasz, reviewing evidence around the structures that make industrial policies successful.
—TIME, 16 Oct. 2023
The gathering at the Vatican, which for the first time will include and give a vote to laypeople — including women — is central to Francis’s bottom-up view of the church.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
Social media enables a concept called bottom-up social diffusion.
—Mary Magnuson, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023
The Chinese state endorsed—or benignly neglected—the spontaneous, bottom-up explosion of rural entrepreneurship, and the reformist leadership deserved full credit for not stifling it.
—Yasheng Huang, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2023
But with free agency and the expansion draft around the corner, the organization is looking to develop a bottom-up culture, in many ways representing the origins of Cousins’ Reading FC teams.
—Sven Karabegovic, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1930, in the meaning defined above
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“Bottom-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bottom-up. Accessed 28 Nov. 2023.
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