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- adjective idiomatic Of, related to, or involving
local influential figures . - noun Plural form of
grasstop . - noun idiomatic, plurale tantum
People in a position ofpower orinfluence at alocal level . - noun idiomatic, plurale tantum A
lobbying strategy which aims to involve people withpower orinfluence at alocal level .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And Innovation that's coming from what's being called the grasstops, or the corridors of power.
Julia Moulden: How To Change the World Through Your Workplace (Part 2) 2008
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Fake-grassroots organizing — also dubbed "grasstops" or "astroturf" lobbying — isn't new.
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Empower America, which Small characterized as a "grasstops" organization driven by such inside the beltway "superstars" as Vin Weber and Jean Kirkpatrick and CSE's "grassroots" following.
Hullabaloo 2009
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The article said a DC grasstops firm, Bonner and Associates, sent the letters, not a VA GOPer.
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As a grasstops firm, he doesn't have to register as a lobbyist because he's not directly contacting Congress.
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The voices rising up against the failed drug war are not only at the "grasstops" level.
Tony Newman: Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Passionately Calls On U.S. to Stop Bloodshed by Legalizing Drugs Tony Newman 2011
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The voices rising up against the failed drug war are not only at the "grasstops" level.
Tony Newman: Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Passionately Calls On U.S. to Stop Bloodshed by Legalizing Drugs Tony Newman 2011
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What you have now is some low level staffer for a grasstops firm who mocked up some letters.
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The voices rising up against the failed drug war are not only at the "grasstops" level.
Tony Newman: Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Passionately Calls On U.S. to Stop Bloodshed by Legalizing Drugs Tony Newman 2011
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The voices rising up against the failed drug war are not only at the "grasstops" level.
Tony Newman: Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Passionately Calls On U.S. to Stop Bloodshed by Legalizing Drugs Tony Newman 2011
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