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Meanwhile, some of the profession’s best teachers, highly capable women who entered the profession when their sex had fewer career options, have been retiring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

More officers than normal have been retiring or leaving for other agencies, and with half-filled police cadet academy classes, the department has struggled to keep up with attrition.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt insisted the move was the quickest and simplest way to solve issues with NHS doctors and consultants, who have been retiring early, reducing hours or turning down overtime for tax reasons.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2023

Without passengers to fill them, airlines have been retiring their older aircraft faster than normal.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2021

We were immediately in the wake of the German army, and taken by and large they must have been retiring in good order, for they left little behind.

From War in the Garden of Eden by Roosevelt, Kermit