Downsizing can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| downsize - reduce in size or number; "the company downsized its research staff" | ||
| downsize - make in a smaller size; "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive" | ||
| downsize - dismiss from work; "three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis" | ||
Noun |
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| downsizing - the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable |
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| 1. | noun | Freedom from the fear of corporate downsizing? | |
| 2. | verb | Corporations are downsizing and reducing the amount of profits they put back into R&D. | |
| 3. | verb | After all, even salesmen are desperate to avoid being targeted for downsizing. | |
| 4. | verb | The company I worked for was downsizing. Unfortunately, I lost my job. | |
| 5. | verb | We're downsizing. | |
| 6. | verb | It's time to begin downsizing. | |
| 7. | verb | I'm downsizing. | |
| 8. | verb | Tom did his darndest to try and convince his mother to downsize into a smaller house after his father died. | |
| 9. | verb | Sami helped companies downsize. | |
| 10. | verb | Tom did his darndest to try and convince his mother to downsize into a smaller house after his father died. | |
| 11. | verb | Sami helped companies downsize. |
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| noun | |
| Freedom from the fear of corporate downsizing? |
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| verb | |
| Corporations are downsizing and reducing the amount of profits they put back into R&D. | |
| After all, even salesmen are desperate to avoid being targeted for downsizing. | |
| The company I worked for was downsizing. Unfortunately, I lost my job. | |
| We're downsizing. | |
| It's time to begin downsizing. | |
| I'm downsizing. | |
| Tom did his darndest to try and convince his mother to downsize into a smaller house after his father died. | |
| Sami helped companies downsize. | |
| Tom did his darndest to try and convince his mother to downsize into a smaller house after his father died. | |
| Sami helped companies downsize. | |