Journalists are leaving Kabul, embassies are downsizing, and donors are quietly and drastically scaling back.
Paul seems as passionate about ending the Federal Reserve as he is about downsizing the Department of Defense.
With their bottom lines at breaking point, companies known for lavish holiday celebrations are downsizing.
Put differently, is July 2011 a withdrawal or just downsizing?
For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.
The downsizing will amount to 10,000 Interior ministry officials.
As a CEO, he was better known for downsizing purchased companies, than for new hiring.
Financial firms are downsizing, and employees with ASDs have special needs.
Jacob Siegel on why the move may be more about downsizing than about visible ink.
To reduce in number, especially personnel: “The company decided to downsize half the workers in the aircraft division.” It can also be used in reference to objects: “I decided to downsize my wardrobe and threw out all my old T-shirts.”
Note: Downsize is a recent euphemism for “fire, lay off.” Company managers often use this term in an attempt to soften the blow of wide-scale layoffs.
verb
To reduce the size of a company by eliminating employees, in order to increase profits (1980s+)
