as in withdrawal
an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable
military historians have blamed the defeat on that battalion's retirement from the front lines
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Recent Examples of retirement
The last change was Tier 6 in 2012, which set the full retirement age at 63.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
Consider this: Dementia visits one in 10 of us around retirement age, and one in three of us a couple decades thereafter.
—Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025
Consider this: dementia visits one in 10 of us around retirement age, and one in three of us a couple decades thereafter.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Nationally, the weather service had more than 4,200 employees before Trump took office, but since then nearly 600 people have left amid staffing reductions and early retirements, a union official representing the weather service staff told The Washington Post.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 May 2025
Consider this: Dementia visits one in 10 of us around retirement age, and one in three of us a couple decades thereafter.
—Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025
Consider this: dementia visits one in 10 of us around retirement age, and one in three of us a couple decades thereafter.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Nationally, the weather service had more than 4,200 employees before Trump took office, but since then nearly 600 people have left amid staffing reductions and early retirements, a union official representing the weather service staff told The Washington Post.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for retirement
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The sculpture’s location itself is one of total urban deletion and communicative displacement as much as the sculptural structure is one of perceptual withdrawal and refusal of even a minimum of gratifying tactility.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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No one knows exactly how much is left, but the study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, shows an alarming rate of withdrawal of a vital water source for a region that could also see its supply of Colorado River water shrink.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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When Elon Musk overhauled Twitter’s verification system, he was met with user backlash and advertiser retreat.—
Nuala Walsh,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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The western portion of the continent is in particular peril of ice shelf retreat.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 May 2025
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“Retirement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retirement. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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