retired
adjective
re·tired
ri-ˈtī(-ə)rd 
1
: secluded
a retired village
2
: withdrawn from one's position or occupation : having concluded one's working or professional career
3
: received by or due to one in retirement
Examples of retired in a Sentence
hiked out to a retired beach and fished in the surf
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Two Greene County jail officers were relieved of duty and arrested on charges of felony animal abuse counts this week after a retired police dog in their care died of neglect, a news release from the Greene County sheriff states.
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Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2025
Keith Kellogg, the retired lieutenant general serving as Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, will attend the meetings instead.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
After a brief stint with the NYPD, McCarthy, the son of retired NYPD Detective Lynn McCarthy, joined the PAPD in 2018.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
When Pope Francis’s retired predecessor Pope Benedict XVI died on December 31, 2022, some 35,000 people a day filed past his coffin.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
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Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2025
Keith Kellogg, the retired lieutenant general serving as Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, will attend the meetings instead.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
After a brief stint with the NYPD, McCarthy, the son of retired NYPD Detective Lynn McCarthy, joined the PAPD in 2018.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
When Pope Francis’s retired predecessor Pope Benedict XVI died on December 31, 2022, some 35,000 people a day filed past his coffin.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for retired
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“Retired.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retired. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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