resize
verb
re·size
(ˌ)rē-ˈsīz 
resized; resizing
: to make (something) a different size
took her ring to be resized
spent the morning resizing images for the website
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Firefly Bulk Create is powered by Adobe Firefly Services, a set of APIs for generative AI tasks such as resizing assets, or swapping backgrounds, and applying the changes to thousands of pieces of content with one action.
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Joan Verdon, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
One recommendation included resizing the road near 25th Avenue and Grant Street to allow for bus lanes and left turn lanes.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
These rings are heavy, can shatter and can’t be resized.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
When the objects were rotated or resized, the CNN model needed to add more layers and more resources.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
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Joan Verdon, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
One recommendation included resizing the road near 25th Avenue and Grant Street to allow for bus lanes and left turn lanes.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
These rings are heavy, can shatter and can’t be resized.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
When the objects were rotated or resized, the CNN model needed to add more layers and more resources.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Resize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resize. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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