verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a retired couple (= having finished working at the end of their working lives )
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The house is suitable for a retired couple.
a retired employee
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They are for an increase in pension payments to retired employees.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
before
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Before retiring , they all squashed into one compartment to play charades.
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Fred Gustavson, who commanded submarines here before retiring the day after the Salt Lake City incident.
early
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Controversy has also surrounded the terms under which Mr McNeill and four other senior education officials have been able to retire early .
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Cosby portrays a blue-collar worker who was forced to retire early from an airline.
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Iris is totally dependent on Donald who retired early to care for his wife.
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Financial advisers warn consumers not to depend much on either their pensions or Social Security to help them retire early .
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He retired early in 1981 so he could nurse his wife Ruby, who was partially paralyzed with polio.
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Those with the longer periods received higher payments than those with shorter periods and were more likely to have retired early .
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People considering retiring early would be caught by that punitive tax.
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He was in his early fifties and couldn't be retired early, except on a very much reduced company pension.
now
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His father and Mr Tetlow's father, both over 70, can now retire .
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Forensic Anthropologist Walter Birkby, now retired , said the cause of death was almost certainly murder.
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Now retired the art teacher as was is painting flat out full time whilst the other runs the distaff side.
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Selfredge, now retired , declined to be interviewed, and the Daily News was unable to locate any of the sailors.
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Which is a hard enough life for any man, and my old friend has retired now .
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They must now retire and decide whether he was guilty or not guilty of the charge.
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Now retired , her memoirs Black Teacher is a classic of its kind.
recently
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He recently retired from his appointment as Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire after 25 years.
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I thought about retiring recently when I found myself yelling during a game.
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Two members of our sales team have recently retired -, with 18 years service, and, with 20 years service.
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For many years he has presided over seminars in which recently retired politicians and civil servants are encouraged to share their secrets.
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Ulrich recently retired from the company and Lundwall lost his job last year after a downsizing.
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I recently retired at age 59, and my wife, a year younger, is retired as well.
■ NOUN
age
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He continued to box until 1914, when he retired at the age of fifty-two.
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She folded the Tightwad Gazette so she could retire at age 41.
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By the 1890s civil servants had become obliged to retire on reaching pensionable age .
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New York Jets wide receiver Al Toon retired in 1992 at age 29 after nine concussions.
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Gerald became so successful in farming and property that he was able to retire at the age of forty.
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I recently retired at age 59, and my wife, a year younger, is retired as well.
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It will be a matter for discussion as to whether all partners should retire at the same age or whether circumstances justify disparity.
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It was not unusual for men in the clandestine service to retire at age fifty-one.
army
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Even the middle-ranking provincial posts continued to attract humbler noblemen who often took them up after retiring from the army .
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She accompanied her husband, retired Army Maj.
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General Powell retires from the army this autumn.
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Now, detectives are investigating the possibility that a fourth woman may have been slain by the retired Army sergeant.
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In 1822 he retired from the army as captain on half pay.
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But the official, retired Army Gen.
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Clinton relied upon retired Army Gen.
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To stress the urgency for ratification, Clinton assembled a bipartisan coalition of supporters including Republicans such as retired Army Gen.
bed
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On hearing the story Lily had retired to bed with a headache leaving Stella to do the washing-up.
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Leaving her amour with strict instructions on how to find her, she retired to bed and waited.
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We retired to bed but I couldn't sleep.
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I retired late to bed , for as always the morning would arrive too soon.
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He had not retired to bed sober, but then he rarely, if ever, did.
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By the time I had made some late-night phone calls, the other athletes had long retired to their beds .
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Then 30 minutes back home again and about another four hours sitting around the house before retiring to bed .
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I decided I ought to be professional about this and also retire to my bed .
chairman
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Fred Walker, who still lives locally, will also retire as chairman .
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Mr Denny, 63 years old, is a retired vice chairman of Sears, Roebuck &038; Co.
decision
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The decision to retire is never an easy one for architects.
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His decision to retire came as a surprise.
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His decision to retire to Alderney with his third wife, Pat, was never easy.
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Ralston said his decision to retire after this season was something he had considered at the end of the last several seasons.
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In 1990, when Crayola announced its decision to retire eight colors, fans saw red.
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But there were other factors that weighed heavily in the decision to retire the Rotterdam.
director
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Finally, on November 24, he took over the reins of the Puzzle Palace from the retiring director .
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Peter Bibby has retired as deputy director of social services in Brent.
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He retired as general director of the Mission in 1902.
end
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He had told them that Whitlock would be promoted to Deputy Director when he retired at the end of the year.
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Nunn, who is retiring at the end of the year, and Specter did not explain their votes.
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Steward had announced he was retiring at the end of that season but his retirement happened earlier than anticipated.
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Nunn, who is retiring at the end of the year, explained his vote switch in a brief written statement.
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Stuart Ward has taken over from Bill Davidson who retired at the end of last year.
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Apparently Mr Tares retired at the end of last week.
force
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Mr Eynon retired from the force two months ago and so can't be disciplined.
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The Lawson brothers retired from the police force in January.
job
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She suffered serious brain damage and was retired from her job on medical grounds.
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By then he was retired from his job as an electronics technician for the government, and he was dying.
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He had also clocked up 34 years as a retained firefighter when he retired from that job two years ago.
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Marjorie aged 66, arranged to retire from her job a week before Tom.
officer
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Tell that to Huseyin Ertan, a retired naval officer who is the Bosporus's chief traffic cop.
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Last week, an opposing group of retired officers joined the battle on the side of the Pentagon.
pension
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A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age.
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Why else do we ensure that when they retire they receive subsistence-level pensions ?
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Thank goodness, the current pensions policy is improving the position: many more people will retire with second pensions.
plan
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He has no immediate plans to retire , having reached a peak in his career.
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And he has no plans to retire .
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Hansford still plays at 70 and has no plans to retire .
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Like the defined contribution plan , therefore, the final benefit depends on what is in the plan when the employee retires .
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But I still have no plans to retire .
service
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CF-DRD was retired from service in 1984, but this was not to be the end of this particular Norseman's fame.
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The retired Internal Revenue Service employee paid $ 15, 500 for the two-bedroom mobile home on space 72.
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The college's head of training plans to retire after 30 years service .
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Finch, a retired National Park Service administrator, has been re searching Hunter since 1961.
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His father also worked there as a maintenance man, retiring after 51 years service .
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He retired from the Foreign Service in 1968.
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Héctor Jurado Toro who retired from active service .
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Alistair says goodbye Alistair Cairns, Supply Officer, has retired after 27 years service .
worker
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Abortion may be a deciding factor for Fred Chiorra, a 71-year old retired steel worker and Democrat from Allentown.
year
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Frank Walker retired two years ago after working for the South Tees Health authority for 23 years.
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Michael was going to retire that year .
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I am 63 years young and retired for one year.
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Her children had families of their own and her husband wasn't due to retire for several years .
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He then became assistant head coach under Ray Handley in 1991 after Parcells retired but a year later left for Pittsburgh.
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The college's head of training plans to retire after 30 years service.
years
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Mrs Hughes married after she retired 50 years later and her husband lived to be 103.
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I am a divorced 44-year-old woman, planning to retire in 12 years .
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The college's head of training plans to retire after 30 years service.
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Jimmy: They retired there a few years ago.
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Mrs Coyle was retiring after 17 years as manageress.
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In 1979, Courtney Pace retired after thirty-five years as a staff member for former senator James Eastland.
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He never played in a Test again and was to retire three years later.
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He retired a few years ago, but kept active at a lot of different things.
■ VERB
decide
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Who could take over if she decided to retire ?
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The fifth, reserve offensive tackle Charles McRae, has decided to retire from football following a disappointing six-year career.
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It should be left to individuals to decide when to retire ....
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Q.. So how did you feel when he decided to retire from the Senate this year?
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Last month Putin decided to retire silo-housed intercontinental ballistic missiles as their service lives expire.
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He could still decide to retire .
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Farming businesses rationalise the labour force, or decide not to replace retiring staff.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the retiring president/manager/director etc
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Finally, on November 24, he took over the reins of the Puzzle Palace from the retiring director.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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At 75, Stevens has no plans to retire .
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Everyone should have the right to a pension when they retire .
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He retired as Principal ten years ago, but still does a lot of fund-raising for the school.
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If you retire at 50, you won't get your full pension.
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In the UK, men usually retire in their late 50s or early 60s.
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Jim Rutland retired from the Navy last year.
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Mary Ellen always had to set the fire for the next morning before retiring to bed.
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Mrs Davies retired after 45 years with the company.
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My father retired at 65.
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The 49ers are planning to retire Montana's No. 16 jersey.
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The captain retired at ten o'clock with a glass of whisky.
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The jury has retired to consider its verdict.
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When Jean retired from modelling, she moved to Cornwall.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He came back the following year only to retire once more during the exhibition season because of the resistance.
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Moser said the elder Carman was a retired union official.
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Preparing to write his great work of self-analysis and retrospection, Proust in effect retired from life.
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She too looks like a retired person, retired from the turbulence beyond the perimeter wall.
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The Director who retires by rotation is Mr F. Cox who, being eligible, offers himself for re-election.
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The Lawson brothers retired from the police force in January.
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Will, now approaching his seventies, wanted to retire but their savings were insufficient to allow him to do so.