retired
Example Sentences
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She said the "specific targeting" of a retired police officer was "a very grave matter".
From BBC
But footage from the scene showed there were other instances of heroism that day: A retired mechanic rushed one of the attackers and grabbed his weapon.
The Constitutional Convention was symbolically presided over by the retired Gen. George Washington, who sat throughout in a chair with a gilded half sun at its top.
The unretirement rate is exactly what it sounds like: the share of workers who claim to be retired at a given point and then report that they are working a year later.
From MarketWatch
Meanwhile, Nick Ut, a retired photographer who worked with Arnett in Vietnam, said he was "like a brother".
From BBC
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