retiree
noun
re·tir·ee
ri-ˌtī-ˈrē 
: a person who has retired from a working or professional career
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a group of elderly retirees
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Its goal is to prevent benefit cuts or tax increases for future retirees by creating an additional stream of income to shore up the program's finances.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Compounding those declines and opportunity losses, Milwaukee County continues to contend with a controversial lump-sum pension program, which has supplied more than $404 million in kickbacks to county retirees for more than two decades.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 11 July 2025
As prices rose in 2022, future retirees swelled demand, and prices skyrocketed.
—Ingo Winzer, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The sweeping cuts left many federal offices short-staffed and demoralized, according to recent retirees.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 July 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Compounding those declines and opportunity losses, Milwaukee County continues to contend with a controversial lump-sum pension program, which has supplied more than $404 million in kickbacks to county retirees for more than two decades.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 11 July 2025
As prices rose in 2022, future retirees swelled demand, and prices skyrocketed.
—Ingo Winzer, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The sweeping cuts left many federal offices short-staffed and demoralized, according to recent retirees.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 July 2025
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“Retiree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retiree. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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retiree
noun
re·tir·ee
ri-ˌtī-ˈrē
: a person who has retired from a job or profession
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