Synonyms for upstream
ˈʌpˈstrimup·stream

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1. upstreamadverb

   Antonyms:
   downstream

2. upstreamadjective

   in a direction against the flow of a current or stream; upriver

   Antonyms:
   downstream

3. upstreamadjective

   Antonyms:
   downstream

4. upstreamadjective

   Antonyms:
   downstream

5. upstreamadjective

   Antonyms:
   downstream

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1. upstreamadverb

   in the direction against a stream's current

   Antonyms:
   downstream, downriver

2. upriver, upstreamadverb

   toward the source or against the current

   Synonyms:
   upriver

   Antonyms:
   downstream, downriver

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1. List of paraphrases for "upstream":

   up-stream, upriver, ascending, upwind, predicate, bottom-up, upward, downstream, proximal, backward, up-, upper, headwater, proactively, ahead, upshift

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1. Tony Nunan:

   Prices this year and next are going to be weak. It could go to $40 a barrel which has been a major support line because if it goes below that a lot of upstream developments will be underwater and below long-term breakeven prices, long-term $60-70 a barrel is a more sustainable price.

2. The EU regulation:

   It (ACEA) considers that the upstream part of the supply chain has the best leverage to achieve transparency in mineral sourcing and to effectively combat the financing of armed conflicts, compliance obligations for downstream companies should be avoided as they are extremely burdensome and costly in case of highly complex supply chains.

3. Hiroyuki Sakaida:

   The top five trading firms may write down a total of about 630 billion yen in net impairment losses on their resource assets this business year, their spending on upstream assets will be shrinking.

4. Anish Kapadia:

   Earnings look very strong thanks to the downstream but underlying earnings in upstream and the overall cash flow were extremely weak.

5. Tang Jianwei:

   As far as the future trend is concerned, it is quite obvious that it will continue to decline because the (producer price index) has apparently turned negative last month, and when PPI has turned negative, the profits of industrial enterprises will go down, profits at mid- and downstream sectors may stabilize while the upstream sector will face immense pressure.