as in withdrawal
an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable
military historians have blamed the defeat on that battalion's retirement from the front lines
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Though the post claims there was an announcement about such plans, there is nothing supporting the claim on the Supreme Court’s website, which posted former Justice Stephen Breyer’s letter announcing his retirement in 2022.
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Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
Hours after Iron Maiden’s Nicko McBrain announced his retirement from touring, the band honored the drummer during their final gig together Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
The librarians and computers at the library serve as a portal to the sprawling bureaucracies that regulate retirement in America.
—Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
People interested in policy pointed out that Macron was hellbent on protecting the reforms that had taken him years to pass—particularly the retirement overhaul—and that, even if an N.F.P. government was doomed to fall, Castets could have used executive orders to obstruct the reforms within weeks.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
Hours after Iron Maiden’s Nicko McBrain announced his retirement from touring, the band honored the drummer during their final gig together Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
The librarians and computers at the library serve as a portal to the sprawling bureaucracies that regulate retirement in America.
—Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
People interested in policy pointed out that Macron was hellbent on protecting the reforms that had taken him years to pass—particularly the retirement overhaul—and that, even if an N.F.P. government was doomed to fall, Castets could have used executive orders to obstruct the reforms within weeks.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Retirement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retirement. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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