How to Use downsize in a Sentence

downsize

verb
  • 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.
  • The main event, downsized to a sideshow.
    — Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • If costs stay high, even top-end chains may be forced to downsize.
    — Michelle Jamrisko, Bloomberg.com, 19 May 2023
  • The Toths had a five-year plan to downsize.
    — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Often, the goal is to downsize.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Almost any baked good can be downsized to fit in a muffin pan.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Some would need to downsize their homes or move in with relatives.
    — Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The couple decide to downsize but don’t want to sell their home.
    — Susan Coll, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Clark is a good actor, but her madness is downsized.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Not so long ago, downsizing was a no-brainer.
    — Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 28 May 2026
  • Rolls-Royce does not downsize to avoid some piddling tax, thank you very much.
    — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Talk of downsizing and salary cuts is common.
    — Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The problem could be helped by downsizing.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 13 May 2026
  • The immediate plan was to downsize, but rents are too high in the city.
    — Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 13 July 2023
  • With downsizing came the question of what do to with his artwork.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2019
  • For one cotton farmer in Texas, the answer might be to downsize.
    — Emily Baron Cadloff, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022
  • But those on the lower end are having to cut their budgets and downsize their plans.
    — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Retirees need to make up the rest of the income on their own or downsize their lifestyle.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 20 May 2026
  • Ready to downsize from your single-family home and ditch all the yard work that comes with it?
    — Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Now, a mere three years later, the center is being downsized.
    — Stephanie Saul, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Grubhub downsized its workforce and put itself up for sale.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Age is the reason for the sale (his, not the car's) plus the need to downsize the collection.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Whatever your reasons for wanting to downsize, this tiny home is worth a look.
    — Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Citi isn’t the first foreign bank to exit or downsize in India.
    — Prathamesh Mulye, Quartz, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The Alum Rock district is downsizing over the next school years.
    — Lizette Anaya, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Not only is the body of the vehicle scaled down, but the engine and price are downsized as well.
    — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Not only is the body of the vehicle scaled down, but the engine and price are downsized as well.
    — Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Black said the cottages would cater to both first-time homebuyers and those looking to downsize.
    — Rose Evans updated June 23, Idaho Statesman, 23 June 2026

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