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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This approach has ultimately resulted in a closed-loop brand recognition system that seamlessly integrates top-down and bottom-up strategies.
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Footwear News, 23 May 2025
Then the distinction is that bottom-up, in your way of using the term, means building from the foundations.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2025
The latest chapter provides more hurdles for both Trump’s top-down and bottom-up efforts to bring the federal bureaucracy to heel.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
Leverage a top-down approach of identifying critical organizational capabilities today and in the future, as well as a bottom-up approach of creating them from current roles.
—Tonushree Mondal, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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Footwear News, 23 May 2025
Then the distinction is that bottom-up, in your way of using the term, means building from the foundations.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 15 May 2025
The latest chapter provides more hurdles for both Trump’s top-down and bottom-up efforts to bring the federal bureaucracy to heel.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
Leverage a top-down approach of identifying critical organizational capabilities today and in the future, as well as a bottom-up approach of creating them from current roles.
—Tonushree Mondal, Forbes.com, 14 May 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 2 Jun. 2025.
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