retired
Example Sentences
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Blumstein assumed responsibility for the project in 2003 when Armitage retired.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
"I am a retired soldier. I lived through the martial law periods of General Zia-ul-Haq and General Pervez Musharraf," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Peter Corrigan, a former business professor and retired auto-industry executive, conducted his own analysis of the school’s finances and criticized leaders for adopting “a laissez faire attitude.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Although Skype is now defunct -- retired last year by Microsoft which bought the app in 2011, its legacy as the first Baltic unicorn can still be felt across the region.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Before she retired, Pani Zuzana sometimes fell asleep in between jobs, so, forgetting that she had retired, I clapped my hands to wake her up.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
