as in to reduce
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
the company downsized its overseas operations in an attempt to cut costs
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Recent Examples of downsize
Gabbard’s appointment was full of risk from the start because of her background, but her inconsequential impact on actual matters of policy might be one more reason to downsize the bloated national-security infrastructure put in place during the panic that gripped America after 9/11.
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Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2026
Microsoft is offering about 7% of its US workforce the option to retire early, the latest attempt by a major tech firm to downsize while ramping up artificial intelligence investments.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
For those close to retirement, consider downsizing and moving to a location with lower taxes and lower costs.
—Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Officials said Marshall was looking to downsize her living in March 2020 and move to a mobile home on her property.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2026
Microsoft is offering about 7% of its US workforce the option to retire early, the latest attempt by a major tech firm to downsize while ramping up artificial intelligence investments.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
For those close to retirement, consider downsizing and moving to a location with lower taxes and lower costs.
—Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Officials said Marshall was looking to downsize her living in March 2020 and move to a mobile home on her property.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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In 1994, American teenager Michael Fay was caned at a Singaporean prison for vandalism, a day after his sentence was reduced from six lashes to four in response to an appeal by President Bill Clinton.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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In the United States, Cinco de Mayo has—unfairly—been reduced to an excuse to drink tequila and eat guac.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
4 May 2026
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Last year, the number of officers killed decreased, both in terms of officers killed as a result of felonious acts and those killed accidentally.—
Kenneth D. Robinson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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Anyone can get Vibrio, but those with liver disease, cancer, diabetes, HIV, thalassemia, receiving immune-suppressing therapy, taking medicine to decrease stomach acid or having recently had stomach surgery are at high risk of severe complications.—
Eva Flowe
May 1,
Charlotte Observer,
1 May 2026
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“Downsize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downsize. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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