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retiring

[ri-tahyuhr-ing] / rɪˈtaɪər ɪŋ /


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So too long-serving and highly respected financial director Andy Mollett, who is retiring in July.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

I just gave notice that I’m retiring at 60.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Cut from the Olympic team five years earlier, he went on to play 110 games for the national team, retiring as the second-most-capped player in history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

That is unusual, said Sunita Lough, who was a longtime senior IRS official and oversaw enforcement before retiring in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Instead of coming back from Oxford after those twelve weeks, she’d stayed on to do a summer course, explaining that a professor she admired would be retiring after that.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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