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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Crop, resize, or rotate photos.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Many different apps can now be used on the iPad’s screen at once, with more intuitive controls for resizing and rearranging windows.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
That someone is Krausader, who spent the time to move everything around and resize it and do everything else needed to emulate the Destiny 2 UI as much as possible.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
That said, the screen should still be fine for basic photo edits such as cropping, resizing, and global changes to brightness, contrast, and/or saturation.
—PC Magazine, 30 Aug. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Many different apps can now be used on the iPad’s screen at once, with more intuitive controls for resizing and rearranging windows.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
That someone is Krausader, who spent the time to move everything around and resize it and do everything else needed to emulate the Destiny 2 UI as much as possible.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
That said, the screen should still be fine for basic photo edits such as cropping, resizing, and global changes to brightness, contrast, and/or saturation.
—PC Magazine, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Resize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resize. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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