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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

Example Sentences

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We have no debt and live in a continuing-care retirement community.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

The following year, Jim and Nina Cope headed in the opposite direction, selling their mobile home in a retirement community in Avon Park, Fla., for $59,000 after repeated rent hikes for the lot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

The 76-year-old actor leads a cast of septuagenarian stars as a retired professor who takes on a job going undercover at a retirement community.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

EVANSTON, Ill.— Bryan and Kay Keenan just paid $2 million for a 1,600-square-foot apartment in The Mather, a swank retirement community here.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

CUT TO: Charlie sitting with her grandma in her cutesy retirement community.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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