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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The goal of the executive order is to spur resignations from a federal workforce his administration vilifies and seeks to downsize.
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
President Donald Trump’s effort to downsize the government has encountered several legal setbacks, including a judge extending a temporary block on Trump’s offer to buy out federal workers.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Feb. 2025
Elon Musk, who is working to downsize the federal government as part of the DOGE initiative, has targeted USAID for closure.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Shopping centers have added new restaurants, turned former stores into apartments or gotten demolished for completely new uses, as mall anchors like Sears have shuttered and others like Macy’s are downsizing.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
President Donald Trump’s effort to downsize the government has encountered several legal setbacks, including a judge extending a temporary block on Trump’s offer to buy out federal workers.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Feb. 2025
Elon Musk, who is working to downsize the federal government as part of the DOGE initiative, has targeted USAID for closure.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Shopping centers have added new restaurants, turned former stores into apartments or gotten demolished for completely new uses, as mall anchors like Sears have shuttered and others like Macy’s are downsizing.
—Melissa Repko, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for downsize
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“Downsize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downsize. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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