as in to reduce
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
the company downsized its overseas operations in an attempt to cut costs
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Before the sales tax increase last year, the transit agency almost faced cuts and downsizing to more than half of bus routes to try and close the county's then-yawning budget gap and avoid MCTS's ever-looming fiscal cliff.
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Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2024
Eagan says this is a great house for a family or buyers who are looking to downsize.
—Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
Henry Timms, who became the president and C.E.O. of Lincoln Center in 2019 and led the way in downsizing its ambitions, has moved on, to the field of P.R. His successor, yet to be named, will need to restore vitality both to the summer schedule and to programming year-round.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Berkshire Hathaway has previously downsized its stake Apple, which has a market cap over $3.3 trillion.
—Robert Ilich, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
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Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2024
Eagan says this is a great house for a family or buyers who are looking to downsize.
—Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
Henry Timms, who became the president and C.E.O. of Lincoln Center in 2019 and led the way in downsizing its ambitions, has moved on, to the field of P.R. His successor, yet to be named, will need to restore vitality both to the summer schedule and to programming year-round.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Berkshire Hathaway has previously downsized its stake Apple, which has a market cap over $3.3 trillion.
—Robert Ilich, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
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