as in to reduce
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
the poor economy forced the plant to downscale production
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Recent Examples of downscale
Jim Clash, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
The red-walled first gallery emphasizes naturalistic black-and-white images of everyday life, mostly downscale.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
For efficiency, the researchers downscale the output frames from the NES' 256×240 resolution to a much muddier 64×48.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
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Verb
In 2012, just out of Texas State University, Whitney Miller was peddling cheesy products on The Liquidation Channel, kind of a downscale Home Shopping Network.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
The red-walled first gallery emphasizes naturalistic black-and-white images of everyday life, mostly downscale.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
Adjective
The festival has downscaled in recent years, contracting its week-long structure to a five-day frame after the COVID pandemic, with all screenings now housed in the TCL Chinese Theatres.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
For efficiency, the researchers downscale the output frames from the NES' 256×240 resolution to a much muddier 64×48.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downscale
Verb
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The Work Ethic Camp was opened in 2001 and initially designed to reduce prison overcrowding, according to a Nebraska legislative report, providing the incarcerated with life skills training, substance abuse treatment and work experience.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The bacterium, residing harmlessly in the guts of laboratory and fetal mice, reduced accumulation of mercury, the researchers said.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Another down-market strategy is tax-loss harvesting.—
Letitia Berbaum,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Microsoft is introducing a pair of new Surface devices today, both aimed slightly down-market from the 11th-generation Surface Pro tablet and 7th-generation Surface Laptop that the company released last spring.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2025
Verb
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But in the past two years, crime rates have in fact drastically decreased.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
12 Aug. 2025
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Gross profit decreased 12% compared to last year's second quarter end, Kodak disclosed, and its cash balance sits at $155 million, marking a loss of just under 23% since the end of December.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Marvel Cinematic Universe regular Ruffalo stars in the seven-episode season as an FBI agent who, at the behest of his boss (Martha Plimpton), leads a cross-agency task force to investigate a spate of home invasion robberies in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025
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A little further south is a working-class enclave that is home to the highest concentration of sake breweries in Japan.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Additionally, over-saturating with water is a poor choice for these floors.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
16 Aug. 2025
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Specifically, poor capital allocation decisions have destroyed significant value.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Downscale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downscale. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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