Downsize is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Downsize meaning
- To reduce in size or number.
- To reduce the workforce of.
- To terminate the employment of.
Using Downsize
- The main meaning on this page is: To reduce in size or number. | To reduce the workforce of. | To terminate the employment of.
- In the example corpus, downsize often appears in combinations such as: to downsize, downsize and, downsize the.
Context around Downsize
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Downsize
- In this selection, "downsize" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, players, retirees, radically, maybe, move and regarding stand out and add context to how "downsize" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include looking to downsize and big players downsize maybe there. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "downsize" sits close to words such as aarp, accretion and aerosols, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with downsize
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tiny-house vacations inspired this woman to downsize for goodcnn. (10 words)
But who is he to insist we dramatically downsize our energy consumption, considering his rich lifestyle? (16 words)
It was time to downsize, and for that reason, we ended up selling Valley and the land. (17 words)
Oz Drewniak, president of Ottawa-based developer CLV Group, says the buildings that are sitting empty lately in the nation’s capital are often left behind by the federal government as the public service looks to downsize its expansive office footprint. (41 words)
Existing home sales are way down because of mortgage rates, and the major home builders are moving to downsize their offerings in order to have product at lower prices since housing affordability is at lows not seen since the 1980s. (40 words)
Besides market-rate single-family homes, the master-planned community will include for-sale courtyard cottages, townhomes and duplexes better priced to meet the needs of first-time buyers, growing families and older adults looking to downsize. (37 words)
But who is he to insist we dramatically downsize our energy consumption, considering his rich lifestyle? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
As the big players downsize, maybe there’s an opportunity to learn from their mistakes and begin scaling our businesses the smart way.
Besides market-rate single-family homes, the master-planned community will include for-sale courtyard cottages, townhomes and duplexes better priced to meet the needs of first-time buyers, growing families and older adults looking to downsize.
Existing home sales are way down because of mortgage rates, and the major home builders are moving to downsize their offerings in order to have product at lower prices since housing affordability is at lows not seen since the 1980s.
In a victim impact statement, Ms Carr said she had to downsize her business to the conservatory and had lost visiting customers as a result, with an estimated loss of earnings of £3,000.
It was time to downsize, and for that reason, we ended up selling Valley and the land.
Many retirees downsize to an apartment or condo, freeing themselves from upkeep for a home and yard.
Now, experts said, alongside families are couples who don’t have children, young professionals who want to walk to stores and entertainment, multigenerational households and retirees looking to downsize.
Oz Drewniak, president of Ottawa-based developer CLV Group, says the buildings that are sitting empty lately in the nation’s capital are often left behind by the federal government as the public service looks to downsize its expansive office footprint.
Planning to radically downsize, she rented an 822-square-foot one-bedroom in the same building for $5,700 a month, with the notion of moving in at the beginning of December.
Rishi Sunak has been warned of a "mortgage catastrophe" facing Brits as he was told the story of a police officer who could be forced to sell his home and downsize.
Some people downsize, move to lower-cost areas, or want to spend more in retirement than they did while working.
The average house price here is just £103,104, making it an ideal option for first-time buyers or those looking to downsize.
This may be particularly acute in Sidney where seniors are such a large portion of the population and many are selling single-family homes to downsize into comparatively less expensive condominiums.
Tiny-house vacations inspired this woman to downsize for goodcnn.
We all need to be cognizant of the emergence of incubators and distributors of anti-Indian forces orchestrating pernicious narratives to downsize our growth trajectory and taint our functional democracy and constitutional institutions,” he said.
Barry, who lives in Montgomery Township, hadn’t thought much about the chalice until she decided to downsize and came across it as she sorted through things.
But who is he to insist we dramatically downsize our energy consumption, considering his rich lifestyle?
Despite enjoying steady growth since 2005, the business faced unprecedented challenges during the pandemic and was forced to downsize its previous fleet in 2020.
He added that the club has seen a downsize regarding membership, probably due to the economy or the snowpack being low for the time of the year.
I felt I had to downsize my initial big scale plans to settle for something cost-effective and easy to accomplish with my little to no remodeling skills.
Common combinations with downsize
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to downsize 50×
- downsize and 9×
- downsize the 7×
- downsize their 4×
- or downsize 4×
- downsize its 4×
- and downsize 4×
- downsize to 3×
- downsize our 3×
- retirees downsize 2×