re·tire·ment
ri-ˈtī(-ə)r-mənt 
Examples of retirement in a Sentence
Noun
She decided to take an early retirement.
Many fans were surprised by the champion's retirement.
The staff is smaller because of several retirements.
I'm looking forward to retirement.
He is ready for retirement.
He came out of retirement to play baseball again.
She has remained very active during retirement.
The staff all wished her a long and happy retirement.
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Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
Roberts recently announced his retirement after 14 years at KU and 37 years total.
Vaughn, 50, is ready to re-embrace the college game.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Social Security pays many kinds of benefits, but the most common are retirement benefits—those are intended to replace a percentage of your pre-retirement income based on your lifetime earnings.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Mellanby, whose specialized brand of extermination fueled the Panthers’ run to the Stanley Cup Finals, announced his retirement from the NHL on Tuesday.
—Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
Roberts recently announced his retirement after 14 years at KU and 37 years total.
Vaughn, 50, is ready to re-embrace the college game.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
Adjective
Most common, however, are retirement benefits—those are intended to replace a percentage of your pre-retirement income based on your lifetime earnings.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Social Security pays many kinds of benefits, but the most common are retirement benefits—those are intended to replace a percentage of your pre-retirement income based on your lifetime earnings.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Retirement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retirement. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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retirement
1 of 2 noun
re·tire·ment
ri-ˈtī(ə)r-mənt
: an act of retiring : the state of being retired
especially
: the leaving of one's job permanently
retirement
2 of 2 adjective
: of, relating to, or made for retired persons
a retirement community
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