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pensioner

[pen-shuh-ner] / ˈpɛn ʃə nər /
NOUN
retired person
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“Here what worries us is having electricity, water and money and then resolving the day’s needs,” said Irelis Cedeño, a 65-year-old pensioner who lives just outside of Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

"The greatest man has died, the greatest general of the Serbian people," pensioner Dragan Beric said.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

"I've lived here for 25 years and the water has never been this low," said pensioner Mitica Nicolae from Corabia as he fished in an irrigation canal close to the river.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Eighty-year-old pensioner Maria Romero said: "This earthquake was horrible, even worse than the one in 1967."

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

The final addition to the regular group at the farm was Mr. Jelliman, an amiable white pensioner and old friend of the movement who became the farm foreman.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Oil workers, pensioners and teachers have gathered to complain about the declining currency and rising cost of living.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

This year the government expects, external to spend a total of £322bn on welfare in Great Britain, or 10.6% of GDP, just over half of which goes to pensioners.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

It passes to the shareholders of the bank that absorbs it, to the pensioners whose funds hold those shares and to the customers whose data the agent reached on its way out.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Statistics Jersey said pensioners were particularly affected by heating fuel costs, which played a larger role in the pensioners' inflation measure.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

That doesn’t make any sense, of course—these are private files of pensioners; two strangers would never be allowed to thumb through them without permission.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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