as in to reduce
to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent
the poor economy forced the plant to downscale production
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Recent Examples of downscale
Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2025
Loiseau and his team first select the cognac barrels to be recycled and downscaled into Maison Psyché tonnelets.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Visually, the queen of this rodeo is Dianne Graebner’s costume design, from day in and day out downscale dress for home and office wear to an unexpected range of intentionally tacky ancient Egyptian garb and, appropriately, enough sequinning to make the concert sequence cowgirl togs sparkle.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Biden officials ultimately succeeded in persuading Israel to downscale its Rafah operation, one of several modest successes in using pressure to improve humanitarian outcomes in Gaza, and never resumed the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs.
—Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2025
Loiseau and his team first select the cognac barrels to be recycled and downscaled into Maison Psyché tonnelets.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
Adjective
Lebowitz recalled that Navarro bought and renovated a three-story building in one of Cambridge’s more downscale neighborhoods.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Visually, the queen of this rodeo is Dianne Graebner’s costume design, from day in and day out downscale dress for home and office wear to an unexpected range of intentionally tacky ancient Egyptian garb and, appropriately, enough sequinning to make the concert sequence cowgirl togs sparkle.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for downscale
Verb
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Eco effort The hotel employs single-stream recycling and green housekeeping practices, and also has a green roof ecosystem to reduce the building’s heat load.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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New research suggests these medications, best known for managing diabetes and driving weight loss, may also reduce the severity of one of the most common and underdiagnosed sleep disorders in the country.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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As the latter became emblematic of comfort and success, the former came to be seen as down-market or second-class.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
30 Apr. 2026
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The women rarely have close friends, only rival hostesses and often down-market sisters.—
Libby Gelman-Waxner,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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For example, Social Security retirement benefits could decrease and pensions could stay the same.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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As more time passes from the peak of the solar cycle, auroral activity will decrease.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Tony winner Danny Burstein turned the question back on the Variety interviewer as a joke, pitching a story about a working-class kid from Brooklyn who ends up an awards editor.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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In elementary school classrooms and on the streets of working-class Queens, New York, in the 1980s and ‘90s, the American Dream was our north star.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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After wildfires hit Georgia in April 2026 fueled by a rain deficit, high winds and low humidity, — among other causes, per NASA — neighboring states got slammed with poor air quality alerts.—
Ryan Brennan
May 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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However his attitude on health care and taxes places Newsom at odds with advocates for poor Californians who would be affected and their allies in the Legislature, many of whom want a tax increase.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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“Downscale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downscale. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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