downsize
verb (used with object)
to design or manufacture a smaller version or type of.
downsized
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past participleof downsize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof downsize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
downsizeverb (used with object)to design or manufacture a smaller version or type of.
Example Sentences
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He was downsized, and when his unemployment benefits ran out, he began collecting Social Security one year before reaching his full retirement age.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Just before her divorce was finalized in 2023, she downsized from her home of more than two decades in suburban New York to a nearby apartment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
“They have lost over 200,000 students over the last 15 years and haven’t downsized the number of employees or schools. It’s unsustainable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
Compounding the problem, her record label had downsized during the pandemic, and the people who'd nurtured her first record had left.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
After more than a decade in their two-room spread in the Aircraft Loads Laboratory, Dorothy and the remaining women had been downsized to the new office in 1251.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
