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

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This is a bottom-up approach to rewriting the genome. Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024 However, with high yield credit, Vanguard is focusing on bottom-up security selection due to the dispersion among issuers. Michelle Fox, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024 Peer-to-peer and bottom-up dialogue should be key elements of your communication plan, fostering true engagement by co-creating the future rather than just answering questions about decisions after they’re made. Sherzod Odilov, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 The Fed’s bottom-up study of retail spending is based on numbers provided by consumer data company Numerator, which collects receipts from a panel of 150,000 representative US households. Lindsey Leake, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bottom-up 

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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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 24 Nov. 2024.

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