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resize

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[ree-sahyz] / ˌriˈsaɪz /

verb (used with object)

resized, resizing
  1. to change, adjust, or restore the size of.


noun

resizes plural
  1. an act or instance of changing, adjusting, or restoring the size of something.

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“The logic stands: no need to resize your oversized bedtime t-shirt, but you don’t want your work jacket to look like it’s wearing you.”

From MarketWatch Mar. 20, 2026

More modest use of the technology — to resize or sharpen an image, for instance, would be allowed with no disclosure.

From Seattle Times Nov. 8, 2023

"We will need to resize the company when we review the strategy," Manner said, adding that the new routes could not completely replace the lost Asian traffic.

From Reuters Jun. 10, 2022

Microsoft doesn’t currently support ungrouping app icons on the taskbar in Windows 11, nor small icons or even the ability to resize the taskbar.

From The Verge Mar. 16, 2022

In cases of accident, it is seldom necessary to resize the damaged places, unless they are considerable.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel

When the social media platform automatically resizes a photo before it’s uploaded, he said, “they destroy evidence, essentially.”

From The Verge Jun. 4, 2019

It finds all your pics, lets you embellish them with any of 12 special effects and automatically resizes images into easy-to-e-mail file sizes.

From Time Magazine Archive

A special X client, called a window manager, draws borders and title bars for windows, resizes and arranges windows, and provides facilities for starting other X clients from a menu.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John

The St Edward's Crown has been removed from the Tower of London to be resized for the King ahead of the Coronation.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2022

He cropped the image, resized it and changed the tones and lighting.

From Seattle Times Oct. 12, 2022

According to the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Warhol “cropped the image to remove Prince’s torso, resized it, altered the angle of Prince’s face.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 29, 2022

But by the time we get to Omaha, he's had this ring resized.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2022

But the clothes Calypso held looked exactly like the clothes he’d been wearing the first day he’d arrived at Camp Half-Blood—except these looked bigger, resized to fit him better.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

As a part-time designer at a clothing company this year, she offered to look into using AI to help with the monotonous work of resizing product images.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

Phase 2 of the Lasting Legacy Campaign includes resizing and improving the stadium seating, something that isn’t scheduled until 2029 at earliest.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 2, 2024

Importantly, the capacity of the gut to undergo resizing is broadly conserved.

From Science Daily Feb. 26, 2024

In resizing the photo to fit the specifications of the news package, “The automation by Photoshop created an image that was not consistent with the original,” the statement said.

From New York Times Jan. 31, 2024

The image she was resizing was shot through a crowd to focus on Emily perched on the fountain with her hands pressed flat next to her thighs.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

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