How to Use retire in a Sentence
retire
verb
- She had to retire during the first set because of a muscle strain.
- I want to be healthy when I retire.
- The manufacturer plans to retire that car model in a few years.
- The team is retiring his jersey number in honor of his great career.
- The Navy is retiring the old battleship.
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This city was ranked the best place to retire in Arizona.
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Alexandra Hardle,
The Arizona Republic,
16 Sep. 2024
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The new cars would replace some that were meant to retire decades ago.
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Taylor Dolven,
BostonGlobe.com,
2 Feb. 2023
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Grote retired after the 1978 season to spend more time with his wife and kids.
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Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2024
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Newman, who will turn 72 this month, is expected to retire by the end of the year.
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Rebecca Rosenberg,
Fox News,
2 Nov. 2023
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All are at least 60 years old, and many are retired, like Turner.
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Oscar Hartzog,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2023
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Laine retired from Two Chicks and a Hammer in 2019, but remained part of the series.
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Jessica Sager,
Peoplemag,
20 Oct. 2023
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Clune succeeds Tim Carter, who will retire in the first quarter of 2024.
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Bysheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
15 Sep. 2023
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Under the terms of the package, Culp could retire and walk away with the money this August.
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Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes,
29 Mar. 2024
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The right-hander retired eight in a row at one point and 19 of 21 overall to finish the outing.
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Journal Sentinel,
15 May 2023
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But in May, Steinberg will retire and a new leader will take his place.
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Alexa Gagosz,
BostonGlobe.com,
30 Dec. 2022
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Cabrera, who is planning to retire at the end of the season, had a pair of hits off Pérez on Tuesday.
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Evan Grant,
Dallas News,
31 May 2023
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Perhaps what pushed Lee Sedol to retire from the game of Go was the sense that the game had been forever cheapened.
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James Somers,
The New Yorker,
13 Nov. 2023
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Moving to Paris in the mid-1950s Mullen continued to work, retiring prior to the Youthquake.
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Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
6 Dec. 2023
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The 89-year-old is the oldest member of the Senate and has faced mounting pressure to retire.
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Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2023
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Earlier this year the company retired the twitter.com domain name in a full move to x.com on the web.
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Todd Spangler,
Variety,
10 Aug. 2024
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The tennis power couple, who have both since retired from the sport, went on to wed in 2001 and are now parents of two.
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Alexandra Hurtado,
Peoplemag,
17 Sep. 2023
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The Times ranked the top 10 best places to retire in California for most people.
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Hunter Clauss,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Oct. 2024
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Canning needed to retire one more batter to get out of the sixth inning.
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Sarah Valenzuela,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Sep. 2023
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Bierman has since retired but leaves the 641 hp Ioniq 5 N as part of his legacy.
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Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
12 Apr. 2024
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Leach plans to retire at the end of April 2024 after a nearly nine-year career with the company.
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Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
22 Nov. 2023
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With Taillon working quickly to retire the Mets, Megill wasn’t afforded much of a breather in the dugout.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2024
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Show business will have to retire me, or health will have to intervene.
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Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Feb. 2024
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With the bases loaded and one out, senior pitcher Adrian Boles retired back-to-back batters to seal the win.
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Nathan Canilao,
The Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2024
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Dwyane Wade may be retired from the NBA, but he’s still being given his flowers for his iconic sports contributions.
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Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2024
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After the band members were done using it, the original prototype was retired, taken apart and put in storage.
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Julia Binswanger,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Oct. 2024
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