How to Use from the ground up in a Sentence

from the ground up

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  • The reactor was built from the ground up on a greenfield site.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Upgrade your summer travel wardrobe from the ground up with a new pair of sandals.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026
  • Students design their own course of study across disciplines from the ground up.
    — Anna Demeo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • But those cells were bacteria stripped of all but the bare minimum of genes — they weren’t built from the ground up.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • Bose Sleepbuds were one of the first products built from the ground up to solve this exact problem.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Zoox is betting on a vehicle built from the ground up for autonomy.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
  • Zoox’s vehicles are built from the ground up and can’t be directly driven by a human.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • For decades, entrepreneurship has been synonymous with building a company from the ground up.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Ernie Els' redesign reversed the back-nine routing and rebuilt every green and fairway from the ground up.
    — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Surillo said their family built Villa Nova from the ground up.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The organization was building something from the ground up, and their departures were part of that fresh start.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Buckendorf says his company worked closely with Alaska to build Flyways from the ground up.
    — Joel Rose, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
  • For Andrew, the foundation of that success is built from the ground up — starting with his employees.
    — Allie Canal, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Staffers felt whiplashed as Wang and Zuckerberg rebuilt the company’s AI team from the ground up.
    — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • Adamala also works from the ground up, but with biological molecules found in nature today.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • While many people dream of being their own boss, far fewer understand the realities of building a business from the ground up.
    — Jennifer Palmer, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Apple has built this powerhouse from the ground up for video editing, music creation, 3D graphics, and more.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 3 July 2026
  • Berman, who has never constructed a building from the ground up, told me his willingness to work around such constraints was his competitive edge.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • As one of the region's pioneers, Alpha Estate had the rare chance to build from the ground up with sustainability in mind from day one.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Future projects being planned in the central city for delivery over the next five years will include other office-to-apartment conversions and new housing built from the ground up.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • The products that will earn clients’ trust are designed from the ground up, close to the friction and client experience, not from those reading industry reports or imagining a spec.
    — Doug Scott, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • To break this cycle, leaders must stop treating symptoms and redesign operations from the ground up to align people, processes and technology.
    — Theodore Chien, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Extending the life of an existing nuclear plant is generally less capital-intensive than constructing a new one from the ground up.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
  • Hire a professional pest control company to perform annual inspections on your entire house from the ground up to the roofline, including the attic.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
  • Build your look from the ground up by mixing together practical yet undeniably stylish separates—say, sturdy boots, shorts, and a breathable cotton button-down.
    — Aemilia Madden, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The entire car is newly designed and built from the ground up, ensuring many noticeable differences from the current IndyCar.
    — Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • This platform approach lets Generative Bionics adapt one core robot instead of designing every machine from the ground up.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Frenzy was developed from the ground up to be 3D printed, allowing the company to consolidate parts and shorten supply chains.
    — Carolyn Schwaar, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Entrepreneurship through acquisition involves purchasing an existing business instead of creating one from the ground up.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • This is the first time US federal regulators have cleared a passenger vehicle built from the ground up, completely devoid of human driving controls.
    — New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2026

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