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
Retirees need to make up the rest of the income on their own or downsize their lifestyle.
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 20 May 2026
Best practices at Mytheresa are being applied to the Net-a-porter women’s luxury website and Mr Porter men’s luxury website; Yoox, an off-price e-commerce business, is being downsized, and the Outnet off-price website was sold off.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
Entry-level openings in fields with high AI exposure are becoming rarer as companies downsize.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Her center-right government, which has been in power since 2023 and campaigned then on downsizing the public sector, faces a fresh election in November.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
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Lorie Konish, CNBC, 20 May 2026
Best practices at Mytheresa are being applied to the Net-a-porter women’s luxury website and Mr Porter men’s luxury website; Yoox, an off-price e-commerce business, is being downsized, and the Outnet off-price website was sold off.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
Entry-level openings in fields with high AI exposure are becoming rarer as companies downsize.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 19 May 2026
Her center-right government, which has been in power since 2023 and campaigned then on downsizing the public sector, faces a fresh election in November.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
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Spirulina helps eliminate heavy metal build-up in the body, for instance; ginger and cumin reduce bloating; lecithin and gingko can improve memory.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Statistically, the drug reduced the risk of death by 60% compared with chemotherapy.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
1 June 2026
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Miami’s decreasing rents fit into a larger trend in South Florida.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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The most recent Los Angeles County Quality of Life Index survey out of UCLA shows perception of public safety losing ground even as property crime has decreased modestly over the same period.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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“Downsize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downsize. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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