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bottom up

[bot-uhm--uhp] / ˈbɒt əm ˈʌp /






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All three said: "Growth cannot be ordered from the top down. It can only be nurtured from the bottom up."

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

More broadly, the research demonstrates a new strategy for designing materials from the bottom up by assembling specially engineered nanoparticles into entirely new structures with customized properties.

From Science Daily May 30, 2026

The U.S. financial system is strongest when trust naturally flows from the bottom up.

From Barron's Dec. 18, 2025

But when they do, expect the accomplishment to come from the bottom up.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2025

From the bottom up, I study the topography—layers of water, moist soil, dry earth, rock.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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