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semiretired

American  
[sem-ee-ri-tahy-erd, sem-ahy-] / ˌsɛm i rɪˈtaɪ ərd, ˌsɛm aɪ- /

adjective

  1. working part-time after having retired from full-time employment; partly retired.


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“I can think of a lot of things I can do with an extra $400 a month,” the semiretired consultant from Oakland said, such as traveling and buying clothes that better fit her new body.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

He was semiretired after selling a startup for more than $100 million in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

With help again from Kickhoefer, now semiretired herself, Vault Pharma crafted an arguably simpler, better way to mass produce vaults to clinical trial standards.

From Science Magazine Jun. 6, 2024

Before returning to the board in 2019, she had been semiretired — and would once in a while make public comments at board meetings.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2023

Camps Bay is full of older, semiretired white people, and as I walked down the road all these old white men were walking toward me and past me.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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