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downsizing

[doun-sahy-zing] / ˈdaʊnˌsaɪ zɪŋ /


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Others fear that state-imposed rules could lead to downsizing farms and even shipping water away to Arizona’s fast-growing cities.

From Los Angeles Times

At first, this rodent equivalent of downsizing dimmed the mouse’s mood.

From Los Angeles Times

Cheap interest on mortgages from before mid-2022 are keeping homeowners from trading up to accommodate a growing family, relocating for a new job, or downsizing for retirement.

From The Wall Street Journal

Changes to the eligibility rules for who can lead the regional Fed banks would go along with a downsizing of those institutions so that their research efforts no longer overlap.

From Barron's

After downsizing, a tornado took out everything I had left.

From MarketWatch