Example Sentences

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Officials have been downsizing their holdings by allowing their securities to expire without reinvesting them.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

The larger pandemic trend, documented by Mr. Gupta and others, is that companies have been downsizing into upgraded buildings.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2022

As deportees arrive in Haiti from the United States, U.S. and other aid organizations have been downsizing their offices there.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2021

“Finance firms have been downsizing for quite sometime,” she said.

From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2020