from the ground up

Example Sentences

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He said he had "put forward a different way of doing things that's more local - work from the ground up".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Most, including Lewis, are in various stages of grappling with insurance, permits and construction, whether they have to rebuild from the ground up or salvage their homes by remediating damage caused by toxic smoke.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

"Over the last nine months, Meta Superintelligence Labs rebuilt our AI stack from the ground up," the tech titan said in a blog post.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Many of our children’s favorite apps and social-media sites were built from the ground up to keep young users hooked and helpless to look away, consequences to their health and well-being be damned.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

I found out later that it glowed because it had sucked phosphorus from the ground up into the wood and held the light from day all night.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen