grassroots
Example Sentences
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Despite being forced to resign, Oli still believes he has a chance to win because of his party's large grassroots operation, according to the political analyst Pande.
From BBC
After years of building grassroots support for women's football, the federation is starting to see a payoff.
From Barron's
I have also seen first-hand how this has trickled down to grassroots.
From BBC
Wolf Alice, winning best group, used their allotted stage time to make a plea for the "pubs, clubs and grassroots venues where we quite literally learned to play our instruments and write our songs".
From BBC
The Greens had never won a parliamentary by-election before, and ran a grassroots campaign that sought to mobilise the constituency's 28 percent Muslim population.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.