Dreams of universal health care had been downsized to an extra day in the hospital for major surgery.

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Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. defense infrastructure has been downsized and the nuclear infrastructure has deteriorated.

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Six years ago, when the new high school was being built, Jesseman found out that the proposed gym had been downsized to reduce costs.

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" Dorian notes that Chinese estimates of its reserves "have been downsized tremendously over the last 15 years because the original geological estimates were incorrect, " adding: "This is a company in which the valuation is influenced not only economic measures but also political and social factors, so it's very complicated.

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