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retire

[ri-tahyuhr] / rɪˈtaɪər /


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I want to believe that bond stays as strong as it is now 'til I do retire in my career at Formula 1.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

An estimated 10,000 baby boomers retire every day, according to the U.S.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

Diablo Canyon doesn’t look like a nuclear power plant that’s getting ready to retire.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

You’ll never fully be done planning, even after you retire — especially after you retire.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

She had not been sorry to retire when she did.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes is a job for the World Meteorological Organization, which rotates them out every six years and retires them after a given storm causes too much destruction.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

Many planning-software programs automatically set a single end age or ask advisers to enter one upfront, often built from a rule of thumb, such as 25 to 30 years after a 65-year-old retires.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

Nysos retires after eight wins and two seconds in 10 lifetime races, with earnings of nearly $5.3 million.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Subscribers receive rewards like virtual currency and accessories, while CleanPlay retires renewable-energy certificates in their names.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Their conversation is like a gently wicked dance: sound meets sound, curtsies, shimmies, and retires.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Britain's Arthur Fery has reached his first ATP Tour final after opponent James Duckworth retired because of injury at the Winston-Salem Open.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

The elder Gao was retired; he asked his wife—Emma’s mother—for permission to use around $45,000 of their savings to start making wine in their home region of Ningxia, in northern China.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Whether you’re retired already or are planning to retire one day, if you’re doing everything right, you almost certainly own bonds.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

He retired the side in order in the third with roughly the same plan of attack.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

A retired police chief in New Haven, Connecticut, told The New York Times, “I was offered tanks, bazookas, anything I wanted.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The figure for those retiring this decade, they report, is about 133%.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

That investment would allow Qantas to start retiring its double-decker A380 fleet from 2028, she said.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

On Thursday, it said it would start retiring its aging A380 craft in the 2028 calendar year, four years earlier than previously planned.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

At his peak, he could intimidate established incumbents into retiring.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

I’m afraid my equipment conversations nearly always ended up like that somehow, with the talker retiring with hurt feelings and a piece of formerly prized equipment cradled to his chest.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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