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  • noun Plural form of retirement.

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Examples

  • "We absolutely do not expect a large surge (in retirements) on the order of 1994," he said.

    DCCC chair: This isn't '94 2009

  • I have a feeling the trickle of Democrat retirements is about to become a flood.

    Rep John Tanner (D, TN) bails out. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • Will people really be sympathetic to the view that blind luck might mean their retirements are a lot less enjoyable than their lucky neighbor who cashed out at a market peak?

    Private Investment is Dangerous, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • If they do, the obvious alternative would be using stimulus funds to induce early retirements, that is, moving to 'first in, first out,' or FIFO.

    Improving schools by paying teachers to leave 2010

  • It's a precarious situation: U.S. consumer spending is sustaining the economy — but we need to save more to prepare for the surge in retirements.

    Countdown to a Meltdown 2005

  • It's a precarious situation: U.S. consumer spending is sustaining the economy — but we need to save more to prepare for the surge in retirements.

    Countdown to a Meltdown 2005

  • It's a precarious situation: U.S. consumer spending is sustaining the economy — but we need to save more to prepare for the surge in retirements.

    Countdown to a Meltdown 2005

  • One-time pay reductions, program cuts or layoffs won't fix the county's growing cost of paying for retirements, which is expected to climb from $193 million in 2010-2011 to around

    Bakersfield.com Latest news 2010

  • Antone White, a public-safety spokesman, said dealing with the retirements is a priority for the city.

    dispatch.com: RSS 2010

  • Superintendent Keith Owen has described the district's goals to meet any teacher cuts first through attrition - namely retirements, resignations and cutting those jobs whose occupants had signed one-year contracts.

    Durangoherald.com 2009

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