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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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Players also want better postcareer benefits in exchange for an 18-game schedule.
NYT > Home Page By JUDY BATTISTA 2011
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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
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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.
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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
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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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