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Discover LudwigThe word 'downsizing' is correct and commonly used in written English
It refers to the process of reducing the size or number of something, typically in a company or organization. It can also refer to cutting back on expenses, resources, or staff. Example: The company announced that they will be downsizing in order to stay competitive in the market. This will result in some employees being laid off and a decreased budget for certain departments.
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Downsizing
verb
Present participle of downsize
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His record - two cups within six months of his appointment, a domestic treble in his first full season, a second title in 2005 and reaching the last 16 of the Champions League - set the context for a rueful but masterfully understated parting comment: "I'm sure those people who look at the facts will say that during a period of downsizing, I was reasonably successful".
Downsizing your holiday is not just about shopping around for a cheap package deal.
I am downsizing at the moment.
She and her editors have done a superb job.There is nothing unique in the story, in these days of rationalisation, downsizing and outplacement; an era, as Ms Davidson puts it, of "disposable work and disposable workers".
On current reckoning, it is likely to end up remaining at today's level a cut, once inflation is factored in.The Tory campaign, says one senior executive, may not "murder the BBC" but it might "end up as manslaughter", if downsizing becomes too sweeping.
Crude downsizing in the early 1990s crushed the loyalty of millions.
They may be "downsizing"—or, more positively, "rightsizing".
The short-term benefits to the bottom line from downsizing could be offset by the long-term damage to the loyalty, morale and (possibly) the productivity of those employees who did stay.In 1995, the American Management Association AMAA) surveyed 1,000 companies on the effects of downsizing.
After all, how can you square downsizing with acquiring a smaller carrier with a similar cost base?
Mr Strauss-Kahn, it seems, reckons he has a better chance of achieving that if the IMF develops its own cost-control plans quickly.So the fund is downsizing.
The optimists, he says, point to one or more of the following:Downsizing.
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