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Discover LudwigThe phrase "downwind of" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a position or location that is situated in the direction that the wind is blowing, typically behind a person or object. Example: The campsite was set up downwind of the fire pit to avoid smoke blowing into the tents.
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Or downwind of it, for that matter".
(Avoid sitting downwind of their smoke).
We're downwind of everything: New Jersey, Westchester.
"Kiters are supposed to stay downwind of the windsurfers".
Downwind of the whale, the occasional breeze raised the stinging odor of rotting flesh.
This is especially true for communities downwind of coal plants, which have been suffering for decades.
The clouds can create lightning, which may then start more fires downwind of the original fire.
Often the heat changes the weather itself, causing more storms downwind of cities, the scientists found.
So the plane was diverted to rural central Pennsylvania, downwind of shutdown power plants.
Radioactive contamination could be measured in tiny quantities miles downwind of a dirty bomb.
Some also falls a short distance downwind of the ridge and is sometimes called spillover.
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