downsize

I knew I needed to downsize before I started packing, so I began by identifying unwanted belongings to sell.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Though a significant downsize from a house, Andy says it's not necessarily much cheaper.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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

“If it’s not the right thing and you downsize, it’s almost like a sentence.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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

Conneway methodically downsizes each room, one at a time, in a clockwise direction.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2023

Unemployment compensation is supposed to be for workers let go for no fault of their own, such as when a business downsizes during a recession or a factory closes in a town.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2022

Such agreements will need to withstand the test of time as the company holding the department stores downsizes further, shutting down locations on which the e-commerce business relies, the sources added.

From Reuters ● Dec. 3, 2021

As the military downsizes and returns to pre-war force levels or below, many of those leaving the service will take advantage of the post-9/11 GI Bill to obtain a university education.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2014

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

Jan-Niklas Hustedt remembers going to techno parties in the abandoned canteen of a pump factory that had drastically downsized after reunification, in his hometown of Oschersleben.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Such conditions can spook investors ahead of an IPO and lead to delays or downsized offerings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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

Steel mill and other employers, can help revive Gary’s fortunes, Melton said from City Hall, a few blocks from the mill that remains the city’s largest employer despite years of downsizing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Federal downsizing has waned since Elon Musk left his post last year as head of the Department of Government Efficiency.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Any delays or downsizing to the scheduled IPOs of Anthropic or OpenAI this year would prompt serious weakness in the sector overall, Miller predicted.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

The prospect of substantial job cuts during a period of downsizing in Hollywood has ignited widespread opposition to the sale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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