downsize
verb
down·size
ˈdau̇n-ˌsīz 
downsized; downsizing; downsizes
1
: to reduce in size
especially
: to design or produce in smaller size
2
: to fire (employees) for the purpose of downsizing a business
: to undergo a reduction in size
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Examples of downsize in a Sentence
They have downsized the car's engine in the new model.
The company is planning to downsize next year.
The company will be downsized next year.
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One lingering Covid concern is that firms may downsize their office space as more staff work from home, but Date isn’t worried.
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James Simms, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Bookseller Barnes & Noble most recently held the anchor spot at the East End shopping center but downsized to a smaller space in the center last year.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2024
The downsizing plan by Walgreens Boots Alliance will target 500 stores during the current fiscal year, which began on Sept. 1, and comes months after Chief Executive Tim Wentworth acknowledged that about a quarter of the company’s 8,600 U.S. stores were underperforming.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
The Oracle of Omaha downsized his Apple stake for the fourth straight quarter, dumping about a quarter of the bet with $69.9 billion worth of shares left at the end of September.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
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James Simms, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Bookseller Barnes & Noble most recently held the anchor spot at the East End shopping center but downsized to a smaller space in the center last year.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2024
The downsizing plan by Walgreens Boots Alliance will target 500 stores during the current fiscal year, which began on Sept. 1, and comes months after Chief Executive Tim Wentworth acknowledged that about a quarter of the company’s 8,600 U.S. stores were underperforming.
—Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
The Oracle of Omaha downsized his Apple stake for the fourth straight quarter, dumping about a quarter of the bet with $69.9 billion worth of shares left at the end of September.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
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downsize
verb
down·size
ˈdau̇n-ˌsīz
: to reduce in size
the company downsized its staff to cut costs
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