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retirement community

American  

noun

  1. a group of houses in a suburban area or a town designed primarily for retired persons.


Etymology

Origin of retirement community

First recorded in 1975–80

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There is a nice retirement community nearby, but all of the couple’s local friends are staying put so far.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

In Georgia Bernstein’s alluringly listless “Night Nurse,” something is afoot at a luxury retirement community.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

Molina plays Sam Cooper, a retired engineer — that will be important — being brought grumbling to the Boroughs, a posh, city-sized retirement community plopped down in the middle of the Southwestern desert.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

Some call the Villages - the largest retirement community in the world - "Disney without rollercoasters".

From BBC May 1, 2026

We’ve had my grandparents’ old piano ever since they moved from the house in Connecticut where Mom grew up to a retirement community in Florida.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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