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retired

[ri-tahyuhrd] / rɪˈtaɪərd /
ADJECTIVE
having withdrawn from active life
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The Social Security system pays retired Americans a vital source of lifetime income, so it is reasonable to ask whether buying an additional annuity would concentrate too much wealth in one payout type.

From The Wall Street Journal

Warren Buffett is now retired, but the new boss of Berkshire Hathaway, Greg Abel, just got a bullish technical endorsement from Wall Street in the form of a “golden cross” chart pattern.

From MarketWatch

Former US Open champion Dominic Thiem, who retired last year with an ongoing wrist injury, believes tournaments in the same swing should use one ball.

From BBC

Each student is evaluated twice by two people, typically high school counselors and retired high school counselors who are specially trained.

From Los Angeles Times

In the two short years since Saban retired from the Crimson Tide and Cignetti was hired at Indiana, the two programs have been on starkly opposite trajectories.

From The Wall Street Journal