retirement community
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of retirement community
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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Some call the Villages - the largest retirement community in the world - "Disney without rollercoasters".
From BBC • May 1, 2026
These days, Silverblatt lives in a 55-and-up retirement community near Palm Beach with his wife and is looking to eventually buy a home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
We are also on a retirement community wait list, but do not plan on moving there for at least five years, unless medically necessary or one of us passes.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025
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
Mrs. Miles’s son made her move to a retirement community.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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