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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

As the region's legacy automakers downsize, for instance, they are providing a source of skilled workers for defence firms, he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

In the early 2020s, the U.S. auto industry was preparing for what seemed to be an all-EV future, while the gas engines that did remain continued to downsize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 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

The on-site football coverage was swallowed up by cost cuts as the conference downsizes operations.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

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

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

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

From Reuters ● Apr. 30, 2013

Disney’s legal government affairs department also will be downsized, according to a recent internal memo by Disney Chief Legal Officer Horacio Gutierrez.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 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

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 her children left home, the couple downsized to their current property in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire, near their family.

From BBC ● May 28, 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

The couple avoids inflation by downsizing, using bicycles and buses instead of owning a car, and using hoarded frequent-flier miles for flights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But Ekerdt has spent years studying household downsizing, and he’s heard some version of my problem many times before.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Xbox chief executive Asha Sharma said in July the Bafta-winning studio behind the Hellblade games would be spun off, alongside four others, amid its dramatic downsizing.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Like a lot of retirees, Dan Sullivan talks of downsizing and spending more time somewhere warm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

“I’m even downsizing my bed so that you can fit yours in. We picked one out today.”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali