semiretirement
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In January, Rovner, now 85, announced that she would take senior status, a kind of semiretirement, upon the confirmation of her successor.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2024
Key was wearing a black V-neck T-shirt, khaki shorts and sandals: Southern California semiretirement chic.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2023
A reader named Jose Bautista saw me talking about semiretirement on television, with two guitars behind me, and he extended a tempting offer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2023
He was living in semiretirement on his estate in Chile when Pedro I asked him to serve Brazil.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
By the 2010s, she had entered semiretirement and was spending her days writing, meditating and visiting with her neighbors in Berea, an intellectually vibrant town in the foothills of the Appalachians.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2021
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