Example Sentences

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After changing owners in a series of acquisitions, the studio has downsized significantly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

"The market has downsized the extent of future cuts as the economy is just not lying down," Padhraic Garvey, regional head of research, Americas, at ING.

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2023

As Twitter has downsized, Mr. Musk’s team has been hoping to renegotiate the terms of lease agreements, two people familiar with the discussion said.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2022

Police and former employees say Union Pacific has downsized its security forces in recent years amid wider cutbacks, leaving freight vulnerable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2022

The office has downsized the 265-page handbook to a 13-page document.

From Washington Times • Oct. 14, 2020