How to Use retirement in a Sentence

retirement

1 of 2 noun
  • The staff all wished her a long and happy retirement.
  • He came out of retirement to play baseball again.
  • He is ready for retirement.
  • Many fans were surprised by the champion's retirement.
  • The staff is smaller because of several retirements.
  • I'm looking forward to retirement.
  • She decided to take an early retirement.
  • She has remained very active during retirement.
  • What does that look like over a full retirement?
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • In my retirement, the walls have opened up.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
  • That said, the retirements against him here were a huge help.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The Roth gives you a tax break in retirement.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The Roth gives you a tax break in retirement.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 18 Mar. 2026
  • So there are a lot of retirements coming up in the next six to nine months.
    — Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Check off that retirement goal.
    — Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 22 May 2026
  • But the rise in retirement age may be slowing.
    — Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
  • These funds can grow tax-free and be withdrawn tax-free in retirement.
    — David Rae, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • There’s the retirement talk again.
    — Tim Reynolds, Denver Post, 17 Feb. 2026
  • That and his age, 37, is a recipe for retirement.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Is gold safer than stocks in a retirement account?
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • For many retirement savers, the choice isn’t strictly gold or cash.
    — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • What Pelosi said about her retirement.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Why are hikes like these retirement makers?
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Paul Simon and retirement did not prove to be a very good fit.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • The market doesn’t owe you a retirement.
    — Andrew Whalen, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • What matters most at the start of retirement may not be the same ten years later.
    — Andrew Rosen, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Dreams of early retirement can come true.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 20 June 2026
  • Maybe one of us could be coaxed out of retirement for such an occasion.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Far more is at stake than the retirement benefits of one man.
    — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Then retirement arrives, and the goal shifts.
    — Andrew Rosen, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

retirement

2 of 2 adjective
  • Still, football will be part of his first post-retirement move.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Does your post-retirement training have some stuff in there to improve your game?
    — Greg Presto, Men's Health, 13 June 2022
  • The video lands squarely in Kelce’s post-retirement lane.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Many remember him just as much for his post-retirement career as for his achievements on the track.
    — Eddie Pells, Star Tribune, 19 May 2021
  • Shetty said of the post-retirement fulfillment drop.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 May 2026
  • The goal is to roughly replicate their pre-retirement standard of living in retirement.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 4 May 2026
  • Another way to build wealth for the future is utilizing non-retirement accounts.
    — Julia M. Carlson, Forbes, 1 June 2021
  • One of the keys to positive aging in post-retirement life is staying relevant and engaged.
    — Jann E. Freed, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • And being productive isn’t limited to a pre-retirement phase.
    — Jerry Cahn, Forbes, 6 May 2022
  • Mike Krzyzewski’s last Duke team has sometimes faltered in the big moments of his pre-retirement season.
    — Laine Higgins, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Many programs leave an executive with post-retirement income fixed at 50% of final pay.
    — Jim Hebets, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • The 30-minute sparring match that unfolds from there is one of the great sequences of Soderbergh’s post-retirement career.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Pre-retirement job demands, both physical and mental, were self-reported.
    — New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The center measures the share of working-age households that are at risk of being unable to maintain their pre-retirement standard of living.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The track didn’t arrive without criticism — as both fans and critics didn’t expect such a dreamy end to Hov’s post-retirement album.
    — Danielle Pascual, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The seven-time Super Bowl champion retired this year, and his post-retirement plans revolve around movies.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 23 Feb. 2022
  • However, companies have so far been slow to propose semi-retirement options to workers.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2022
  • To enjoy these types of amenities in your post-retirement chapter, expect to pay north of $500,000 for your home.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The five-year post-retirement waiting period ends for DeMarcus Ware next year.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 8 July 2021
  • In her post-retirement plans, her daughter, who is earning her master’s degree at UCLA, plays a large role.
    — Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Retirement planning can seem overwhelming, with so much to remember and so much riding on your pre-retirement decisions.
    — Matt Dixon, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Barty plans to work with Australian junior players in addition to spending time with her family post-retirement.
    — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • During the final years of his NBA career and the four years in his post-retirement life, Bryant seemed too at peace to be settling scores.
    — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 15 May 2021
  • There are factors that negatively influence post-retirement well-being.
    — New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Michael Blowen, founder and president of Old Friends retirement farm, wrote that the news was devastating to everyone at the farm.
    — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 2 May 2018
  • Linda Craig, who was taking orders at the counter, came out of semi-retirement last August to work for Pierogi Queen.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 23 May 2022
  • Higher rent, higher food prices and longer lifespans often lead to financial challenges for many Americans, leading to post-retirement job searches.
    — NBC News, 12 Dec. 2021
  • This post-retirement appearance is the first time that Diamond has performed at Fenway since 2013.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 19 June 2022
  • Olick noted that compensation for 9/11 victims was based on the age and earning potential of those who died; with so many covid victims being of post-retirement age, that would be harder.
    — Washington Post, 8 June 2021
  • That fascination has led to more recent, post-retirement explorations into the role that the lowly dung and the lofty condor play in maintaining environmental health and balance.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 23 Nov. 2025

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