Collocations for "downstream"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "downstream" in context.
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downstream
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- lives downstream of the [factory, dump]
- lives downstream from the [factory]
- lives just downstream from here
- [paddle, canoe, swim, float] downstream
- [headed, went] further downstream
- were [swept, carried, washed] (away) downstream
- [most, large numbers of, the] fish migrate downstream
- downstream water [quality, levels, supply]
- in the downstream direction
- the downstream [part, side, end]
- technology: downstream [output, bandwidth, nodes, routers, ports]
- business: [secure, clinch, get] downstream financing
'downstream' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):