Examples of pensioner in a Sentence
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But after having a brief taste of retirement, a sizable chunk of pensioners are dusting off their suits and returning to work instead.
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 5 Apr. 2024
Two electric radiators were not enough to keep Russian pensioner Elena Grezkaya-Silko from shivering in her one-bedroom apartment.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
Making matters even worse ESG harnesses corporate power by hijacking other people’s money, whether the money belonging to the underlying shareholders in a company or the money belonging (or promised) to savers or future pensioners.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 Dec. 2023
Her mother and sister, both pensioners, are struggling too.
—Scott McLean, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
According to the royal family’s website, the service dates back to 600 A.D. and traditionally sees the monarch distribute Maundy money, or coins, to local pensioners (retirees) in a parallel to Jesus washing the Apostles’ feet at the Last Supper.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
The proposal to introduce a 13th annual payout to pensioners was supported by 58.2% of the electorate and also met the additional requirement of being passed in the majority of Switzerland’s cantons.
—Bastian Benrath, Fortune Europe, 3 Mar. 2024
In the first 18 months of the war, the law scooped up a vast array of ordinary Russians — schoolteachers, pensioners, groundskeepers, a carwash owner — for punishment.
—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
Inflation has shrunk the value of the Cuban peso so much that most state pensioners now receive the equivalent of $8 a month in the local currency.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 5 Apr. 2024
Two electric radiators were not enough to keep Russian pensioner Elena Grezkaya-Silko from shivering in her one-bedroom apartment.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
Making matters even worse ESG harnesses corporate power by hijacking other people’s money, whether the money belonging to the underlying shareholders in a company or the money belonging (or promised) to savers or future pensioners.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 Dec. 2023
Her mother and sister, both pensioners, are struggling too.
—Scott McLean, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
According to the royal family’s website, the service dates back to 600 A.D. and traditionally sees the monarch distribute Maundy money, or coins, to local pensioners (retirees) in a parallel to Jesus washing the Apostles’ feet at the Last Supper.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
The proposal to introduce a 13th annual payout to pensioners was supported by 58.2% of the electorate and also met the additional requirement of being passed in the majority of Switzerland’s cantons.
—Bastian Benrath, Fortune Europe, 3 Mar. 2024
In the first 18 months of the war, the law scooped up a vast array of ordinary Russians — schoolteachers, pensioners, groundskeepers, a carwash owner — for punishment.
—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
Inflation has shrunk the value of the Cuban peso so much that most state pensioners now receive the equivalent of $8 a month in the local currency.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Pensioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pensioner. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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pensioner
noun
pen·sion·er
ˈpench-(ə-)nər 
: a person who receives or lives on a pension
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