bottom up

Example Sentences

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"Planets form from the bottom up, by sticking small-scale planetesimals together. But forming a planet at the edge of the instability zone would be like trying to stick snowflakes together in a hurricane," he said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

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

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

A party spokesperson said the new leadership model "shows that we really are doing politics differently - from the bottom up, not the top down".

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

Change may instead need to start from the bottom up — on dairy farms, still the most common source of human infections, said Poulsen.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

He buttoned his vest from the bottom up, instead of from the top down, because the bottom-to-top process took him only three seconds, while the top-to-bottom took seven.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey