DOWNSIZES Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

downsizes

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present tense third-person singular of downsize

as in reduces

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 downsizes The movie follows Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game) as Yoo Man-su, a man who is fired from his job at a paper manufacturing company after an American company buys out his company and downsizes. —

Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026 His loving, pragmatic wife, Mi-ri (Son Ye-jin), gamely downsizes their middle-class life to fit their new reality — but her resoluteness only exacerbates his despair. —

Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025

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This ceiling reduces the effective tax benefit from 37% to 35%.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
This approach reduces the chance of a single point of failure bringing down an entire system and ensures appropriate AI boundaries that keep human intelligence at the center of business decisions that matter.

— Anita Beveridge-Raffo, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026