retirement home

noun

: a place where retired people can live and sometimes be taken care of

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Like Stranger Things, The Boroughs features a supernatural mystery that is uncovered by a plucky group of underdogs—rather than teenagers, our heroes are a group of retirees who live in the titular retirement home. Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 Widowed, heartbroken, and left rattling around the house her own father built (the film has a real sense of place, both out in the town and inside the aquarium and Tova’s home), Tova is preparing to decamp for a luxe retirement home across the bay. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 May 2026 After his death, the cottage remained a vacation home for presidents, became an office and community center for the retirement home, and a dormitory for female residents. Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 May 2026 The New York Times reported that Ellerup and her children would be moving to South Carolina, where a property had been purchased years earlier as a retirement home. Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for retirement home

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“Retirement home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retirement%20home. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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