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English

Adjective

grass-roots (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of grassroots.
    • 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
      Another Bush — George W.’s brother Jeb — is likely to be a big player in the Republican Party’s future. And the most powerful grass-roots force in America, the Tea Party, derives its energy mostly from the same older, white voters who once vilified Bill Clinton.

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