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retirement

[ri-tahyuhr-muhnt] / rɪˈtaɪər mənt /




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The Wall Street Journal earlier reported the news of Whiting’s planned retirement.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

If I wait until my full retirement age, it will be $3,420 a month.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Is it time to talk about mandatory retirement ages?

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

Progress in reducing the workforce has so far been slow, with the company relying on early retirement programs and voluntary layoffs to keep peace with the union.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Miss Esther came out of retirement to train the new middle school librarian, and she’d been glaring into classrooms and eyeballing teachers for weeks.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

It has taken the retirements of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for some to realise how special Djokovic is, and how lucky tennis is to have him.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

“Americans are notoriously bad savers. Large numbers are reaching old age too poor to finance retirements that could last longer than they worked,” the authors of the report wrote.

From MarketWatch May 22, 2026

It has taken on renewed importance in the past year as an indicator that highlights both worker demand from employers and the labor supply as curtailed immigration and retirements restrict available workers.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

The council voted 12 to 1 to approve Bass’s spending plan, which called for the hiring of 510 Los Angeles Police Department officers to offset resignations and retirements.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

Even vice should have its good manners, its own decent retirements.

From Here are Ladies by Stephens, James




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