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- noun A state of partial
retirement , working onlypart-time oroccasionally
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now nearly 60years and perhaps 100 million rifles later, Mikhail Kalashnikov is both ageneral in semiretirement and Moscow's unofficial firearms ambassador to theworld.
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Now nearly 60 years and perhaps 100 million rifles later, Mikhail Kalashnikov is both a general in semiretirement and Moscow's unofficial firearms ambassador to the world.
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Most of the remaining directors have since retired or now work in small private or family businesses, a euphemism for semiretirement.
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But in the last few years, the 80-year-old Mr. Breslauer went into what associates describe as a semiretirement, whittling his client roster down to just two.
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And I’m thinking that I could become a silent partner with Wally, let Wally and Estelle keep handling things in the fine way they have been while I make a few adjustments here and there, and I can go into what you might call semiretirement.
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And I’m thinking that I could become a silent partner with Wally, let Wally and Estelle keep handling things in the fine way they have been while I make a few adjustments here and there, and I can go into what you might call semiretirement.
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"Once I knock this rust off, I know I'll be able to help the team and hopefully be a bigger factor," said Law, who came out of "semiretirement" to join the squad.
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Last month, eight of her old and new singing partners gathered at Herbst Theatre here to celebrate Frederica von Stade's semiretirement from the opera stage, after 41 years.
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Mr. Layton did some research, settled on Partnership for the Homeless and then got even more involved as he entered "semiretirement" seven years ago.
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He's expected to go into semiretirement and will likely offer counsel to the White House.
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