Example Sentences

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The on-site football coverage was swallowed up by cost cuts as the conference downsizes operations.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023

That would give Andrew a home after he downsizes from his much larger house, Royal Lodge, which is also in a sprawling park near Windsor Castle.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

Such agreements will need to withstand the test of time as the company holding the department stores downsizes further, shutting down locations on which the e-commerce business relies, the sources added.

From Reuters • Dec. 3, 2021

The moving van fire once made the decision for him — everything must go! — now as he downsizes, he arranges his possessions into five piles in the basement.

From Washington Post • May 28, 2019

Based on dozens of interviews, “Sweat” follows a group of steel workers in Reading, Pennsylvania, as their factory downsizes and their jobs get outsourced.

From Washington Times • Apr. 12, 2017