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pensioner

[pen-shuh-ner] / ˈpɛn ʃə nər /
NOUN
retired person
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Maureen Sloan said, as a pensioner on a fixed income, her outgoings on the basics including utilities and rent meant she was left with very little else to spend each month.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

“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

German pensioner Petra Mertens did not hesitate when ordered to evacuate her home in the sleepy western border town of Monschau as an enormous fire advanced from neighbouring Belgium.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 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

Most pensioners have other income, primarily from pension savings built up over their career.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Equiniti told the BBC it could not discuss individual cases but recognised the concern caused to pensioners.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

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

The country was starved of hope, cars stuck for days in long, sweaty petrol lines, pensioners raising wilting placards demanding their pay, lecturers gathering to announce yet one more strike.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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