Top-down

"Top-down" in a Sentence (4 examples)

"Top-down economics never works," said Obama. "The country does not succeed when just those at the very top are doing well. We succeed when the middle class gets bigger, when it feels greater security."

Overall the signage at NIE has the appearance being a top-down artefact driven by institutional policy with English set as the default language.

a top-down shooter

a top-down ride

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