grassroots
Example Sentences
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The New Crescent Society is a British grassroots astronomy network founded in 2016, which seeks to unite British Muslims by following a sighting of the moon in the UK.
From BBC
From government ministers to village chiefs, no-one has been spared in Xi's campaign against "tigers and flies" - that is, both high-ranking elites and grassroots officials.
From BBC
Delgado insisted, however, that any ban needed to come "from the grassroots, from the lived experiences of parents, different communities, and teachers."
From Barron's
“You’ve got to be a lot more grassroots about how you get the work out there,” he says.
But after he joined a grassroots support group offering emotional support and Thai lessons he returned to agricultural labour, and now dreams of opening a car repair shop.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
