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
On Thursday, the administration officials moved to fire roughly 1,500 people, leaving around 200 employees, through a reduction in force that would dramatically downsize the bureau.
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Arkansas Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Thousands of federal workers have been laid off or issued immediate termination notifications as part of Trump and Musk’s plan to downsize the government.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
The Trump administration placed a majority of AmeriCorps staffers on administrative leave with pay on Wednesday in the latest effort to downsize the government.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump has aggressively downsized the tax collection agency in an effort to automate many of its functions and to use its vast stores of taxpayer information in service of his policy goals, most notably immigration enforcement.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 20 Apr. 2025
Thousands of federal workers have been laid off or issued immediate termination notifications as part of Trump and Musk’s plan to downsize the government.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
The Trump administration placed a majority of AmeriCorps staffers on administrative leave with pay on Wednesday in the latest effort to downsize the government.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
President Donald Trump has aggressively downsized the tax collection agency in an effort to automate many of its functions and to use its vast stores of taxpayer information in service of his policy goals, most notably immigration enforcement.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2025
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Answer: Your withdrawals from retirement plans won’t reduce your Social Security directly.—
Liz Weston,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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The trial of estrogen alone also raised safety concerns, though both types of therapy reduced the risk of bone fractures.—
Jean Wactawski-Wende,
The Conversation,
2 May 2025
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The number of Jesuits globally has steadily decreased since the 1960s, when there were more than 36,000.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
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Winds will decrease Friday night before increasing again Saturday morning.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Downsize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downsize. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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