pension
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That guaranteed income might come from Social Security, a pension, an annuity or another dependable income source.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Garcia disclosed only a pension, worth $100,001 to $250,000, while Padilla Stout only listed a bank account, a mutual fund and her spouse’s retirement plans.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
It is "good news" for approximately 820,000 retirees, the paper says, as triple lock increases mean the state pension will be taxed from next year for the first time.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The slowdown in sales has created a liquidity crunch for some pension funds and insurance companies that need to meet payout obligations to retirees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
I doubted that I could live on the pension alone, but my silver earrings would help until I could find a job of some sort.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
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"I'm from a generation of baby boomers; we have excellent state and work pensions so really it's not much of an impact for me," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
As well as mental health support, guest speakers focus on issues such as military pensions and the impact of the menopause.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Unless your question specifically is about managing your job, what I need to know about are your sources of income: jobs, pensions, Social Security and annuities.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Proposed government reforms to pensions and the labor market, along with growth in export-oriented sectors, helped boost sentiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
I don’t recognize any of the people guarding me; Thibaut and Engel are all tucked up in their pensions, and von Linden is busy tormenting that screaming French girl.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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Due to a deteriorating psychiatric condition, Ms Murray was pensioned off from the civil service in August 2019.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2022
The airline struggled with a 51-day pilots' strike between September and November 2017, grounding half its fleet and resulting in dozens of pilots being fired, while others resigned or were pensioned off.
From Reuters ● Nov. 25, 2021
A horse is pensioned when it is no longer available for breeding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2020
“Maybe it’s time for the whole thing to be pensioned off and rethought.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2017
“Not that it need come to that,” Mr. Owen blurted, meaning Tansy might marry and be saved before she was pensioned off.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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Downpour and Inferno are states that people drive between pensioning their senators and whitegoods.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
From Berlin they learned that Handsome Adolf himself had suppressed news of the Habicht ultimatum in Germany and was thinking of pensioning or retiring him from his post as "Inspector General for Austria."
From Time Magazine Archive
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With this eloquent plea, Deputy Prime Minister Vallabhbhai Patel last year won over reluctant Congressmen to his plan for pensioning off India's princes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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No European nation thinks of pensioning an ex-soldier simply because he was drafted to fight for his country.
From Time Magazine Archive
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As to the plan of pensioning the clergy, Monsignore Brancadoro points out the dangers to which its adoption would expose them.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 by
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