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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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Fast-forward five years: I sold my business and am semiretired, helping the new owner on a consulting basis.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

“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

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

Jennie Phipps, a semiretired writer and editor, had once been married to a certified public accountant.

From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 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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