resize
verb
re·size
(ˌ)rē-ˈsīz 
resized; resizing
: to make (something) a different size
took her ring to be resized
spent the morning resizing images for the website
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Copilot is being changed from a persistent sidebar into an app window that can be resized, minimized, and pinned and unpinned from the taskbar, just like any other app.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
There will be a new controls gallery with new options, and users can resize and adjust the apps as well as adjust options for the lock screen and reprogram the action button and other features.
—Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
The script to install Asahi was as helpful and straightforward as a terminal script that resizes your hard drive can be.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 9 May 2024
Customizable settings allow readers to resize text, save your favorites, read in night mode, create playlists, and more.
Download the app from the iTunes store or the Google Play store, and sign in using the same email and password as on ForeignAffairs.com.
—Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2024
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
There will be a new controls gallery with new options, and users can resize and adjust the apps as well as adjust options for the lock screen and reprogram the action button and other features.
—Felecia Wellington Radel, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
The script to install Asahi was as helpful and straightforward as a terminal script that resizes your hard drive can be.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 9 May 2024
Customizable settings allow readers to resize text, save your favorites, read in night mode, create playlists, and more.
Download the app from the iTunes store or the Google Play store, and sign in using the same email and password as on ForeignAffairs.com.
—Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Resize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resize. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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