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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.


Example Sentences

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Harstine, 70, a semiretired orchard packer, said he has noticed Hispanic men bicycling through the area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Instead, he’s a semiretired entrepreneur who lives in Florida, near Mar-a-Lago, and has a hobby of writing parody songs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

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

The Doctor was a semiretired physician, resting, as the saying is, upon his laurels.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin