How to Use downsize in a Sentence

downsize

verb
Definition of downsizenext
Synonyms for downsizenext
  • They have downsized the car's engine in the new model.
  • The company will be downsized next year.
  • The company is planning to downsize next year.
  • If costs stay high, even top-end chains may be forced to downsize.
    — Michelle Jamrisko, Bloomberg.com, 19 May 2023
  • The shapes have downsized from the #PutaBibonIt statement necklaces of the past to the daintier pendants of the present.
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The couple decide to downsize but don’t want to sell their home.
    — Susan Coll, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The immediate plan was to downsize, but rents are too high in the city.
    — Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 13 July 2023
  • Don’t be afraid of downsizing your home if the numbers work.
    — Scott Burns, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The cuts make Sega the latest video game company to downsize its staff in 2024.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024
  • But those on the lower end are having to cut their budgets and downsize their plans.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Now that the Williamses three kids are grown, Marsha is selling and downsizing.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Lamar also owns a seven-bedroom spread in Bel-Air and may not want to downsize.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Then her mom downsized to a condo and arrived up for a visit with all three of Crapps' dresses in the back seat.
    — Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Now, a mere three years later, the center is being downsized.
    — Stephanie Saul, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
  • For someone who always checks her bag, the thought of downsizing to a carry-on is the stuff of nightmares.
    — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
  • At the same time, the salon’s owner was thinking about downsizing.
    — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
  • That’s half of… $2 billion: GM’s structural cost-saving aim over the next two years, in which downsizing measures play a big part.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2023
  • With fewer people moving, there’s less need to store things as homes are staged or people downsize.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 25 July 2023
  • The new king reportedly wants to downsize the monarchy by reducing the size of its staff as well as the number of palaces and castles.
    — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2022
  • This past year has been marked by layoffs in the finance, tech, and media sectors as many CEOs claim to need to downsize in light of economic strain.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 18 Mar. 2024
  • That's good news for old camera hoarders looking to downsize collections, but leaves the young, scrappy, and hungry set out in the cold.
    — PCMAG, 20 Oct. 2022
  • During the pandemic, his beloved aunt died of lung cancer, and Banks lost a job offer to work for David Monn, who had been forced to downsize as fewer events were held.
    — Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Many people decide to downsize or upsize after their kids are gone.
    — Dawn McMullan, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • After downsizing from his first home in Plano and moving into a smaller house, Smith now lives in an apartment.
    — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Boomers want to downsize for retirement, while millennials simply want starter homes—and only one group has the cash to win out.
    — Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 11 June 2023
  • The layoffs are the latest sign of downsizing in the agency business, which has been hit hard by the work stoppages, which have dried up the commissions agents collect from their clients.
    — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The former host may be downsizing in her golden years, or perhaps just itching to travel.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The women were nervous about the tight layout of Dempsey’s trailer, but were actually downsizing to a camper van.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • While the mall is being downsized, the unused area around the property could be used for new retail spaces that are more suited to the way people shop today, Platt said.
    — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The kids are gone, the stairs aren’t going to get easier to climb, and downsizing with home prices up so sharply since the pandemic could pad out those retirement savings.
    — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023

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