downsize
verb (used with object)
to design or manufacture a smaller version or type of.
had been downsizing
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past perfect progressiveof downsize.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Yahoo had been downsizing its China operations for years, faced with diminishing business in the country because of censorship and competition from local players.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2021
For the Times Company, the New England Media Group was the last big asset in a portfolio it had been downsizing for several years.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2013
