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Looking further ahead, they weigh the pluses and minuses of retiring early or late and pros and cons of pursuing and exploring a new postretirement job or career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

His ‘’right way’’ will continue to be on display in Columbus in his first postretirement gig, and this is not a joke.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2019

“Moreover,” wrote study author Peter A. Bamberger, “particularly if individuals’ health limits their involvement in meaningful postretirement activity, workforce disengagement results in social marginalization, isolation, and boredom.”

From Newsweek • Mar. 8, 2015

There were some postretirement announcements confirming what we had suspected: that we have been rooting for gay athletes for years.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2013

A high-school classmate wrote me that somebody he knew used to work for a life-insurance company and when it came time to pay benefits on a policy, they would say the policy holder was postretirement.

From Time • Jan. 18, 2011