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grassroots

[gras-roots, -roots, grahs-] / ˈgræsˌruts, -ˌrʊts, ˈgrɑs- /


ADJECTIVE
involving ordinary people, rather than politicians
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In each region he visited, Magyar energized a budding grassroots campaign by urging Hungarians to start organizing “citizen circles” made up of Tisza volunteers pushing for change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Most polls favour Péter Magyar, who formed a grassroots party after splitting from the ruling Fidesz party, but the night before the vote Orbán was in defiant mood.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The golf industry is beginning to adapt to these pressures, but local golf courses must lead at the grassroots level.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

It started out as a small grassroots event held at the Legacy Centre in Newtown, Birmingham.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The meeting broke up in anger; this gave us some sense of the grassroots objections to the Bantu Authorities Act.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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