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downsize Verb

— When a company downsizes, it makes the number of people working for them smaller. The company downsized by replacing some of it's workers with machines.

downsize

— verb reduce in size or number the company downsized its research staff — verb make in a smaller size the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive — verb dismiss from work three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis

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reduce lower lessen decrease abridge write down wreck weaken trim back trim throttle taper take in subtract streak squeeze out shrink scale down run down ruin roll out rationalize rationalise pull to pieces pull down mortify minimize minify make a stroke look down limit let down humiliate humble hold down give notice factor out expense drop draw a line draw dock discredit diminish detract destroy deprave denounce demolish demean

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I want to know. what's going to happen to the United States of America. when they downsize everything. and we get down to where everybody's makin' minimum wage.
They're gonna downsize Initech.
But, David, if they do downsize here.
Downsize, Molly.
We need to downsize.
No, I'm sorry, you cannot have the Tiffany lamps until Daddy and I are ready to downsize.
Yeah, but, Michael, what if they downsize here?
And if we get this, they might not have to downsize our branch.
I was the one who recommended that they downsize.
I just felt that if we were to downsize Kelly, and then outsource customer service to India, which a lot of companies.
Very challenging job, but my company decided to downsize just before my benefits kicked in.
I couldn't find proof of the Chupacabra in the Everglades. So now my editor wants to downsize me.
I'm sure one of the other guys wouldn't hesitate to step in and take some of your stake and downsize yours, if it would help.
If we start to downsize, we're not gonna have the workforce for installation.
Because of some unfortunate investments the bank is being forced to downsize.
Downsize!
But we could downsize.
Yeah, but Michael what if they downsize here?
If we start to downsize, we're not gonna have the workforce.
I'm telling my wife we don't need to downsize, but maybe we do.
It was time to downsize. Minimize my carbon footprint.
Okay, if you want this company to survive, you immediately need to downsize.
He told me he needed to downsize, but then he hired and promoted another English professor.
Why the downsize?
If I miss rehearsals, Zach's going to downsize my solo.
But sometimes getting a raise means that you cost more, so when they're looking to downsize, it's easier to fire you than someone cheaper.
I couldn't find proof of the chupacabra in the everglades, so now my editor wants to downsize me.
When industry takes on a machine instead of shortening the work day, they downsize.
In a few years they'll close it down. they'll downsize the budget.
It's time to downsize, minimize my carbon footprint.

News and current affairs

Egypt could not truly set out on a path of democratization without first amending its constitution - to downsize the Pharaonic powers of its president and set limits on his term in office.
Freer trade would force some industries to downsize or close, although more industries would expand, and for some people and communities, the transition would be difficult.
Most importantly, they inherited from the Soviet era bloated and inefficient public sectors, which they are finding hard to downsize and professionalize.
They could have bought a smaller house had they known that their hours would be reduced, but now it is difficult to downsize the one that they did buy.
Indeed, at the outset of the crisis, the IMF, assuming that demand for its resources would remain low permanently, had already begun to downsize.

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