retired (from)

past tense of retire (from)
as in left
to give up (a job or office) at the age of 72, she finally retired from the job she had held at the shoe factory for over 50 years

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quit
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  • Others have quit or decided to take retirement during the shutdown, increasing the strain on the industry which already had a severe shortage of traffic controllers.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Neither side wanted Davie to quit, but that is where the BBC has ended up.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Retired (from).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retired%20%28from%29. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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