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Recent Examples of downsize Plus, while many Village Cooperative members move to these communities to downsize, these homes are still spacious. Jp Shaffer, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025 Union officials say the order is a vehicle for mass firings and political retaliation against labor organizations opposed to Trump's government downsizing agenda. Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025 The Trump administration previously aimed to eliminate the majority of NIOSH’s more than 1,300 employees, part of a broader plan to downsize the federal workforce. Jacob Soboroff, NBC news, 14 May 2025 The front of the sanctuary where Prevost first served the Catholic Church as an altar boy was covered with two pink and orange graffiti murals, the result of neglect after a series of closures and downsizing ordered by the Archdiocese of Chicago, which sold the parish property in 2019. Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for downsize
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  • An estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the proposals would reduce the number of people with health care by at least 7.6 million from the Medicaid changes, and possibly more with other changes to the Affordable Care Act.
    Kevin Freking, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
  • In Sacramento, California, the weather service warned its office would have reduced staffing overnight.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 16 May 2025
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  • Iron Ore production decreased by 4.5% to 67.7 million metric tons due to heavy rainfall in Brazil.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Although the unsheltered population in the city of L.A. decreased last year from 32,680 to 29,275, and is projected to decline again this year, residents and business owners continue to express frustration with the city’s handling of the homelessness crisis.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025

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