Definitions

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  • adjective Following the end of one's current or primary career
  • adverb Following the end of one's current or primary career
  • noun One's second or subsequent career; often specifically the phase of life following a professional athletic career

Etymologies

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post- +‎ career

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Examples

  • The players, citing injury concerns, have resisted the idea so far, but could be amenable if offseason workouts are cut, rosters are expanded and postcareer health-care coverage is improved.

    The NFL's $1 Billion Game of Chicken Matthew Futterman 2011

  • For great numbers of the current crop of new retirees, two decades of postcareer sitting and eating will be a very real choice.

    Shock of Gray Ted C. Fishman 2010

  • The police, for one thing, were a good deal nicer to her than formerly, first, because there was not a boss cop in the city who did not dream of a fat postcareer position with a firm like Osborne International, and second, Osborne itself swarmed the area with lawyers and other helpful people.

    Enemy Within Robert K. Tanenbaum 2002

  • The police, for one thing, were a good deal nicer to her than formerly, first, because there was not a boss cop in the city who did not dream of a fat postcareer position with a firm like Osborne International, and second, Osborne itself swarmed the area with lawyers and other helpful people.

    Enemy Within Robert K. Tanenbaum 2002

  • The police, for one thing, were a good deal nicer to her than formerly, first, because there was not a boss cop in the city who did not dream of a fat postcareer position with a firm like Osborne International, and second, Osborne itself swarmed the area with lawyers and other helpful people.

    Enemy Within Robert K. Tanenbaum 2002

  • Players also want better postcareer benefits in exchange for an 18-game schedule.

    NYT > Home Page By JUDY BATTISTA 2011

  • They may be willing to accept more regular-season games if roster spots are added and postcareer benefits improved.

    NYT > Home Page By KEN BELSON 2011

  • In the past two years, many former NFL players have gone public with their postcareer health sufferings in hopes of improving the league's medical and benefit plan.

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee, "sportswriter and frequent Wall Street Journal contributor Allen Barra makes a convincing case that Yogi's fame is misplaced -- that, for all his postcareer charm and popularity, Yogi should be regarded above all for what he did on the baseball diamond: that is, for his greatness as an athlete.

    A Most Valuable Player Chaz Repak 2009

  • Each player today has to play three years in order to earn five years of postcareer health care. "

    ESPN.com 2010

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