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 change in the legislation will put provincial governments—eager to promote jobs and development—in charge of determining which glaciers should be protected by identifying those that are a source of water downstream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Jackson said: "That trickles downstream to mean that comedy is not getting funded even though it generates billions in revenue, millions in tax, it's not being proportionately reinvested back into the sector."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Intel is working with both memory vendors and its downstream partners to address the supply issues, he added.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

I headed the boat downstream to Rock Hall and kept working on Ben.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings