scaled-down

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Despite its promise, traditional materials used for this type of memory struggled as devices were scaled down.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Nvidia invested $30 billion in OpenAI’s latest funding round, although it scaled down a previous commitment to put in up to $100 billion.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

The construction of the 105-mile long Neom city, a standout project in the country's Vision 2030 programme to diversify its oil-dependent economy, has also been reportedly scaled down amid rising costs and repeated delays.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

It also scaled down price and capital controls that once banned trading of the U.S. dollar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The Museum had announced a special “children’s program” in which exhibits of scientific witchery scaled down to the child mind were to be shown.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov