downstream

Example Sentences

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Both will assume their positions July 1 and BP said a recruitment process is under way to appoint a permanent head of the downstream business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The downstream impacts are not just felt by consumers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

“But the spotlight today is of course on semis, memory and software, but as people focus downstream into the future, that’s really when the bid comes for bitcoin.”

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Containment booms installed by Thames Water caught some of the discharge, preventing some of the substance from spreading further downstream, but the water remains contaminated.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

We can look back and make the era of the American Revolution a center point, then scan the terrain upstream and downstream, but they can only know what is downstream.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis