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  • abbreviation retired
  • abbreviation return

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Examples

  • I'll probably drop off the ones marked "ret." as well, so bookmark 'em now if you haven't already.

    Archive 2005-12-18 2005

  • I'll probably drop off the ones marked "ret." as well, so bookmark 'em now if you haven't already.

    Archive 2005-12-18 2005

  • So John Jakala gets a little "ret." next to his weblog...as does the much-missed Flat Earth.

    Archive 2004-10-17 2004

  • So John Jakala gets a little "ret." next to his weblog...as does the much-missed Flat Earth.

    Archive 2004-10-17 2004

  • Gen. Horner Air Force, ret. commanded coalition air forces during Desert Shield and Desert Storm and flew F-16 sorties in the southern no-fly zone over Iraq.

    Air Power Could Be Enough in Libya Charles A. Horner 2011

  • Brigadier General Creighton Abrams, Jr., USA, ret.; and Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Sorley USA, ret.; as well as by historian Matt Seelinger.

    Magic and Mayhem Derek Leebaert 2010

  • Klein-former INSCOM commanding general ret. 1984, cofounder of GuardiansOfLiberty.com

    The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010

  • Klein-former INSCOM commanding general ret. 1984, cofounder of GuardiansOfLiberty.com

    The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010

  • Klein-former INSCOM commanding general ret. 1984, cofounder of GuardiansOfLiberty.com

    The Overton Window Glenn Beck 2010

  • Lieutenant Colonel David Gould, USAF ret., an old family friend, neighbor, and all-around good guy, gave me timely technical help on the Spectre gunship.

    Again to Carthage Jr. John L. Parker 2007

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