How to Use grassroots in a Sentence

grassroots

adjective
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  • Indeed, much of the work with girls is being done at the grassroots level.
    — Anne M. Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2023
  • So to me, that’s the first objective: to give this kind of grassroots level training.
    — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2023
  • That funded the creation of the U.S. Soccer Foundation and helped grow the game at the grassroots level.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • This is a grassroots campaign — Vivek is not beholden to the donor class to fund his campaign.
    — Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner, 20 July 2023
  • Many of the opponents are members of a grassroots local group called Oceanside Speaks Out.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • So is this really up to grassroots groups and state governments at this point?
    — CBS News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Others strictly work at the grassroots level, fighting the powers that be.
    — Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Social movements such as the SPA are often based on grassroots activism.
    — Justin Lynch, CNN, 17 Apr. 2023
  • But the next generation is undeterred and hard at work at the grassroots level.
    — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Sir bought cameras and learned how to edit video to help with grassroots marketing efforts.
    — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Sometimes during these fundraising trips, candidates make a side trip to speak to grassroots groups, too.
    — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Started in 2007 in a grassroots way, PSD Underwear is a top men’s underwear brand.
    — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Behar noted how, in its early days, Walters pushed the show on a grassroots level, going door-to-door in a campaign to get the show on more channels.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Yet for baseball in Uganda to improve — and for the Dodgers to cash in on their investment — grassroots support is essential.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • This is probably a little more of a grassroots situation of trying to help kids and teach them the game of basketball.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 8 May 2023
  • Loyalty is earned, and the Fountain has one of the most faithful audiences in town, thanks in no small measure to Sachs’ grassroots leadership.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The last five or six years saw Chappel involved in grassroots community work, his daughter said.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2023
  • His campaign had worked on building a grassroots effort, and the former President had held large rallies.
    — Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Science for the People is a grassroots organization with a chapter in New Haven.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The two are part of a grassroots group of volunteers that for two years has been patrolling LA’s Chinatown as a deterrent to violence.
    — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The rallies of the past few months have been led by a grassroots group of teachers that is independent from the unions, which do not have the power to authorize such demonstrations, Jang said.
    — John Yoon, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Governors for six decades have tried to build this project in some form or another and been beaten back by grassroots activists or state voters.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
  • The rallies of the past few months have been led by a grassroots group of teachers that is independent from the unions, which do not have the power to authorize such demonstrations, Mr. Jang said.
    — John Yoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Extra money the city provided last summer for grassroots groups to help interrupt the shootings was short-lived.
    — oregonlive, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Many grassroots activists have lamented that even before the pandemic, Sinema didn’t hold town halls.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Our team, for instance, is preparing a grassroots project that will paint a picture of what everyday life in a democratic Russia might be like.
    — Aleksei Miniailo, Foreign Affairs, 28 Dec. 2023
  • When Jeffers and many of her players were growing up, grassroots soccer clubs for women and girls were relatively rare.
    — Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 17 July 2023
  • Since then, counties across Kentucky have developed their own grassroots committees to spearhead the creation of barn quilts.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Amer and her producers spearheaded the U.S. release themselves and were able to book it over 80 screens across the country through grassroots efforts and sheer perseverance.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Sound of Freedom’s performance at the box office was due in part to a grassroots campaign from Angel that made audiences feel part of a movement to help end child trafficking.
    — Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2023

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