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downstream

[daun-streem] / ˈdaʊnˈstrim /


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The impact of AI eating traditional internet search has flowed downstream.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Chevron scored higher profits in its upstream business, but also won its greatest increases in the downstream area, where profits of $4.9 billion were more than four times the level in the year-ago period.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Suppliers could therefore benefit ahead of downstream integrators,” MS says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The team's modelling so far suggests about one in eight of the billion nurdles remain in the Tyne estuary and high river flows could flush these microplastics downstream in the autumn.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

They were below the bridge and still drifting downstream.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams


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