downstream

Example Sentences

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Hundreds of miles downstream, that will help raise the level of Lake Powell, which straddles the Utah-Arizona border and is three-quarters empty, the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The bass have consumed so many fingerlings that state officials have resorted to the ridiculous extreme of transporting baby salmon in tanker trucks, from upstream hatcheries to downstream locations closer to the San Francisco Bay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The company is involved in the entire downstream precious-metal supply chain—from refinery operations, the minting of investment-grade numismatic bullion, worldwide transportation, and storage services to online precious-metals retail.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

As a result, even if crude production comes back, fuel and gas supplies can remain constrained due to slower recovery in these downstream facilities.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

I spent our year in Kilanga thinking of civilization as lying downstream from us, since that was the way the boats went to Banningville.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver