How to Use top-down in a Sentence

top-down

adjective

• Keep moving, and again, this is kind of a top-down view.
  — Josh Criswell, Chron, 8 Mar. 2023
• It was filled with top-down mandates that override the voices of our towns and cities.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2025
• The former fits a top-down drive, while the latter gives off a nighttime, moody, rainy-day vibe, Clardy said.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• Critics warned that the measure would lead to a top-down, one-size-fits-all approach to mental health care in the state.
  — Vik Jolly, Sacramento Bee, 15 May 2024
• Falling back on the old, top-down way of doing things won't fix the problem, Reisinger argues.
  — Nick Rockel, Fortune, 24 May 2024
• Read the rest of Tara’s story on the challenges of top-down tech changes within a hospital.
  — Bob Herman Reprints, STAT, 22 Jan. 2024
• This top-down wipe warmer can hold up to 100 wipes, keeping them warm and moist for your baby’s little bum.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 4 Aug. 2023
• The car is parked top-down and decorated with the aforementioned red bow in the image.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
• Please consider a free trial to access our top-down views and more stock ideas.
  — Katie Stockton, CNBC, 23 June 2025
• Censorship by fear can take two forms: top-down or bottom-up.
  — Russell Jacoby, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
• Stone says the old top-down, power-shower approach doesn't work anymore and isn't going to work.
  — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
• Tarang says that this top-down, from the C-suite to the shipping department, inclusive approach works at e.l.f..
  — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
• That quest has become an own-goal, exposing the limits of his top-down control.
  — Chun Han Wong, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
• Dip the apples top-down into the candy melts, set them on wax paper, and cover them with sprinkles.
  — Kimberly Stoney, Parents, 19 Mar. 2025
• But some of it was informed by strategic top-down directives.
  — Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2024
• Blindspot is a top-down tactical shooter in which teams of five players face off against each other.
  — Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
• Pat the apple dry Then dip the apples top-down into the candy melts, set them on wax paper, and cover them with sprinkles.
  — Kimberly Stoney, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024
• Rethink hopes to avoid a similar top-down planning process.
  — Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Oct. 2024
• The best practices, Pringle believes, will not be issued top-down, but emerge out of the first waves of schools that are excited to study and integrate AI.
  — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
• Key voices say the party is too centralized, too top-down and too afraid to challenge its young leader.
  — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
• While most multiplayer shooters are first- or third-person games, Blindspot goes the top-down route.
  — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 8 June 2025
• That should start top-down, with management that leads by example.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
• And Then De-Risk Using a top-down and bottom-up approach can typically give you the high and low of your quarter, so use it as a guide.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• Except for the Panther Kallista, no affordable top-down sportster has come to market within the past decade.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2023
• Instead of a top-down approach, Circ looked to the suppliers that were already familiar with their fiber to build a bridge to their brand partners.
  — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025
• This type of top-down level success continued into the 2000s.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 8 Sep. 2024
• And it won’t be solved by job descriptions, dashboards, or top-down messaging.
  — Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
• For something fun and beachy, consider going top-down and renting a Jeep Wrangler from Jeep Destin for a day or longer.
  — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024
• But as a high-performance top-down sports car, the Vantage Roadster is pretty close to the Platonic ideal.
  — Jonny Lieberman, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
• But top-down approaches may still be effective, Pant says.
  — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023