downstream
Example Sentences
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The three downstream states of California, Arizona and Nevada have repeatedly deadlocked in negotiations with the upstream states of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The largest losses occurred in heavily populated downstream basins where irrigation demands are high, including the Ganges-Brahmaputra, Indus and Amu Darya basins.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Recent surveys found signs that water voles had established themselves both upstream and downstream of the original release site.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Yet the bigger squeeze in energy markets is unfolding further downstream in the world’s refineries, where crude is converted into the fuels that power the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
He walked out in the morning and took the river path downstream.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
