- present participle of downsize.
downsizing
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Their painstaking downsizing process took about five months.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Now, he is hunkering down again, downsizing his fleet from five to two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The couple avoids inflation by downsizing, using bicycles and buses instead of owning a car, and using hoarded frequent-flier miles for flights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But Ekerdt has spent years studying household downsizing, and he’s heard some version of my problem many times before.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
“Times are much, much harder with all the downsizing, but we’re still a wonderful country.”
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
In her Danbury workspace, she is surrounded by blueprints for the next wave of store refreshes, some of which include downsizings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Some families said they were forced into difficult downsizings: Couples with children moved from two-bedroom to one-bedroom apartments even though, as one father said, “we’re tripping over each other.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2023
The downsizings didn’t just affect people who worked at GE.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2016
While record store closings seem as inevitable as newspaper downsizings these days, June has proved to be an especially cruel month in New York.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2016
Likewise, no company will shrink, incurring job losses due to layoffs and mass firings, unless the CEO agrees to downsizings and cost reductions.
From Forbes ● Aug. 29, 2014
