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downsized

Variant of downsize

transitive verb downsized, downsizing

  1. to design or manufacture a smaller version of
  2. to reduce in size, extent, etc.: to downsize a company by eliminating jobs

intransitive verb

to become smaller in size or extent, as by eliminating employees or reducing expenditures

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