DOWNSIZED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

downsized

verb

past tense of downsize

as in reduced

to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent the company downsized its overseas operations in an attempt to cut costs

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Recent Examples of downsized After strong public and state lawmaker pushback, the facility is still being built, but downsized. — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026 After her daughter and son grew up, Saint and her husband downsized to a stylish, art-laden condominium in Westwood in the mid-1970s. — Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Scientific priorities evolve, platforms are discontinued, and departments that were expanding one year may be downsized the next, not because the people failed, but because business priorities changed. — Bill Holodnak, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 In the decades since its 1965 closure, Lincoln Hills has downsized and changed ownership. — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026 The new team’s work was already visible during a visit to the New York City flagship on Madison Avenue, which had been downsized several years ago and now has around 15,000 square feet of selling space. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026 Ada County’s largest roundabout was recently downsized after highway officials observed that certain types of crashes were on the rise. — Rose Evans august 16, Idaho Statesman, 16 Aug. 2026 While those plans have since been downsized, revised and delayed, Stellantis reiterated its commitment Friday to support Belvidere-area auto employees waiting to get back to work. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026 Mathon downsized that proposal, and in late June asked to rezone just 98 acres for multifamily development, while dividing the rest of the acreage — much of it with wetlands — between traditional housing and industrial park zones. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

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Taps won't go dry, experts say, in part because Arizona has already reduced its water use over the years.

— Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
But for Deakins, the work is too dependent on the circumstances of a story, and the people telling it, to be reduced to any one method.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026

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Now the prevalence of malaria is around 7%, and deaths of children under five decreased by 78%.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
The definitive study of feedback, Avraham Kluger and Angelo DeNisi’s meta-analysis of 23,663 observations, found that over a third of feedback interventions decreased performance.

— Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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