from the ground up

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Synonyms of from the ground upnext
1
: entirely new or afresh
The car has been redesigned from the ground up.
2
: from the very beginning : thoroughly
built the resort from the ground up

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Federal milestone reached Unlike autonomous vehicles adapted from conventional passenger cars, Zoox designed its robotaxi from the ground up for driverless operation. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026 Cybersecurity must be designed into space systems from the ground up, with public-private cooperation and proactive investment essential to protect this vital infrastructure and unlock future human innovation. — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 29 July 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 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 See All Example Sentences for from the ground up

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