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pension

[pen-shuhn, pahn-syawn] / ˈpɛn ʃən, pɑ̃ˈsjɔ̃ /


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Blackstone and La Caisse are leading a consortium that also includes two other Canadian pension plans: PSP Investment and the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Because your withdrawals are expected to decline once Social Security and pension income begin, that may prove manageable.

From MarketWatch Aug. 8, 2026

In retirement, I expect to receive about $4,500 per month in Social Security benefits and an additional $800 per month from a pension.

From MarketWatch Aug. 8, 2026

Typically, a hedge fund of Situational’s size has an investor base dominated by institutions, from pension plans and university endowments to sovereign-wealth funds and private banks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

He was also promised a pension of £200 a year.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

For every dollar that a teacher earns in compensation, the district and state pay 30 cents toward his pensions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

A new report by the Equable Institute on the state of government pensions shows that the taxpayers and public workers are already profiting plenty from the AI market boom.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Nor does it include the value of your pensions or future Social Security benefits, which are not part of your probate estate.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

"I'm from a generation of baby boomers; we have excellent state and work pensions so really it's not much of an impact for me," he said.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

For many, it also meant giving up their shops, their businesses, their pensions, and their life savings.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

It is the reason why James Anderson was pensioned off in 2024.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2025

The airline struggled with a 51-day pilots' strike between September and November 2017, grounding half its fleet and resulting in dozens of pilots being fired, while others resigned or were pensioned off.

From Reuters Nov. 25, 2021

It’s also an issue in the United States, although a lot of independent groups and regulators put forth measures to find homes for retired and pensioned horses.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2020

“Maybe it’s time for the whole thing to be pensioned off and rethought.”

From New York Times Aug. 21, 2017

“Not that it need come to that,” Mr. Owen blurted, meaning Tansy might marry and be saved before she was pensioned off.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Downpour and Inferno are states that people drive between pensioning their senators and whitegoods.

From New York Times Apr. 15, 2022

From Berlin they learned that Handsome Adolf himself had suppressed news of the Habicht ultimatum in Germany and was thinking of pensioning or retiring him from his post as "Inspector General for Austria."

From Time Magazine Archive

The period-of-presumption idea was done away with entirely, the Government pensioning War veterans frankly on their civil disability.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last month she reached the Department's retiring age, 63, and found that the law made no provision for pensioning a policewoman.

From Time Magazine Archive

Peace had led to the pensioning of militia officers, or reducing to half-pay of the juniors.

From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Clement King Shorter




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