downstream
Example Sentences
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The Fire Department continued looking for the woman downstream, sending fire trucks and using a helicopter to try to locate her, according to footage shot by newsgathering outlet OnScene.TV.
From Los Angeles Times
Refining oil into fuel, part of the companies’ “downstream” operations, has been a profitable business for both companies this year, in part because Ukraine has destroyed several Russian refineries, reducing total global capacity.
From Barron's
"We are reducing complexity, focusing the downstream on our leading integrated businesses, and accelerating delivery of our plan," she added.
From BBC
As floodwaters surged downstream, they gathered animal carcasses from the surface, along with living creatures and skeletal remains caught in their path.
From Science Daily
Applying only to certain carbon-intensive sectors, it raises prices to reflect the cost of embedded carbon and so creates a perverse incentive to outsource production of downstream goods.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
