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The firms downsize staff and sell off parts of the purchased company to create dividends, all while charging the purchased corporation management fees for their trouble.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Layoffs, unpaid staff furloughs and school closures probably are ahead as the leaders downsize operations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Unfortunately, those older homeowners who want to downsize may find it difficult to do so.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

He suggests they potentially downsize tourism or urbanisation to protect coral -- a "difficult political question" for those who want to keep Okinawa's economy thriving.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

As indicated earlier, any effort to downsize dramatically our nation’s prisons would inspire fierce resistance by those faced with losing jobs, investments, and other benefits provided by the current system.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The layoffs will take effect on Sept. 28 as the company downsizes its workforce in a shift to AI.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

That would give Andrew a home after he downsizes from his much larger house, Royal Lodge, which is also in a sprawling park near Windsor Castle.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

Once a brand downsizes, competitors typically follow, said Dworsky, the consumer advocate in Massachusetts who now runs consumerworld.org.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2021

The moving van fire once made the decision for him — everything must go! — now as he downsizes, he arranges his possessions into five piles in the basement.

From Washington Post ● May 28, 2019

Typically, Valeant buys a product or company, shuts down or downsizes research and development, and focuses on sales.

From Reuters ● Apr. 30, 2013

ON Semiconductor ON 4.18%increase; up pointing triangle will acquire Synaptics for cash rather than stock in a downsized deal, according to an amended agreement between the two companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I think safety is more industry-specific than company-specific. If I get fired, downsized, restructured, I feel like I have the ability to find another job within the industry,” Bolanowski said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

He was downsized, and when his unemployment benefits ran out, he began collecting Social Security one year before reaching his full retirement age.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

There is a greater emphasis on streaming services which rely on subscriber growth, while fewer shows are being made and the number of episodes per season have been downsized.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

After more than a decade in their two-room spread in the Aircraft Loads Laboratory, Dorothy and the remaining women had been downsized to the new office in 1251.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

But downsizing means rescuing yourself from being a “prisoner of your possessions,” as Ciji Ware writes in her new book, “Rightsizing Over 70.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

“When everybody else was downsizing, we were really investing,” Callison said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

He tried not to breathe too deeply as he cleaned, wary of dangers floating in the air, until his manager told him he was being fired because of a downsizing.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie