retired
adjective
re·tired
ri-ˈtī(-ə)rd 
1
: secluded
a retired village
2
: withdrawn from one's position or occupation : having concluded one's working or professional career
3
: received by or due to one in retirement
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Examples of retired in a Sentence
hiked out to a retired beach and fished in the surf
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While Gallant - a retired general - went public earlier this year and said there should be no Israeli rule in post-war Gaza, far-right members of the cabinet oppose any future independent Palestinian state.
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Michael Schwartz, Tim Lister and Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 23 June 2024
Charles Elson, a retired professor of finance at the University of Delaware and founding director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, emphasized the uniqueness of the Paramount setup in an interview.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 June 2024
One open case now remains – against Millicent Redick, a 78-year-old retired accountant from Harlem who has so far declined a misdemeanor plea offer.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
Bill Patzert, a retired climatologist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada-Flintridge, noted that Southern California has experienced 25 weak-to-strong La Niña years since 1950, when the modern record began.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
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Michael Schwartz, Tim Lister and Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 23 June 2024
Charles Elson, a retired professor of finance at the University of Delaware and founding director of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, emphasized the uniqueness of the Paramount setup in an interview.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 June 2024
One open case now remains – against Millicent Redick, a 78-year-old retired accountant from Harlem who has so far declined a misdemeanor plea offer.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
Bill Patzert, a retired climatologist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada-Flintridge, noted that Southern California has experienced 25 weak-to-strong La Niña years since 1950, when the modern record began.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
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“Retired.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retired. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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