How to Use pension in a Sentence

pension

noun
  • Her pension arrives in the mail every month.
  • Their goals have nothing to do with the pension reform.
    Nicolas Garriga and John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Macron tried to push for pension changes during his first term, in 2019.
    Claire Parker, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
  • His pension started at about $6,000 a month, according to the board.
    Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2023
  • For some Americans in the labor force right now, that looks like a pension.
    Martha C. White, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Up to 2 million people protested pension reforms on the streets of Paris this week.
    Alex Wood, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Last year, the state court froze Smith's pension of nearly $6,900 a month at the request of prosecutors.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The pensions law needs a green light from the Constitutional Council on April 14.
    Thomas Adamson, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The trip was originally planned for March, and postponed due to protests over changes in pensions for French workers.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • For more than two months, the French have protested against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension change.
    Catherine Porter Andrea Mantovani, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The Texas municipal pension is based in Austin, the state capital.
    Rod James, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Their pension checks still arrive like clockwork, despite months of war.
    Lynsey Addario Megan Specia, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2024
  • This commitment would have spared the state its current crushing pension debt.
    Bryce Chinault, National Review, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But the referendum is not about pension reform, the cause of the ongoing riots.
    WIRED, 31 Mar. 2023
  • While that may have once been the norm, dwindling pensions and lack of retirement savings have meant that people need to work longer to support a longer life.
    Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The three men met with Washington and each received his medal, as well as a plot of land and a lifetime annual pension of $200, a princely sum at the time.
    Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 21 July 2023
  • If convicted on the felony counts, Peterson would lose his pension.
    Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
  • The courts overturned the measure, and the pension system has had to create retroactive pensions for several thousands of city workers over the last two years.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The Oregon pension system declined to comment for this column.
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Finland, the happiest country in the world, has the sixth-best pension system and scores very high in the integrity category.
    Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2023
  • That’s a shift from a decade ago when pensions seemingly moved in lockstep to increase holdings in the high-risk high-return investment.
    Heather Gillers, WSJ, 25 July 2023
  • The union is pushing for pay raises, a shorter work week and restoration of traditional pensions.
    Fatima Hussein, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2023
  • BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has played no part in the government’s pension reforms.
    Pierre Bairin, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Also, not making the cut: Marquette Associates, which manages the city's pension.
    Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2024
  • So treasured were the wet nurses that there is evidence in Queen Charlotte’s ledger of her being paid a handsome $255 yearly pension.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The guild says this will lead to more money in healthcare and pension / retirement funds and will help keep actors qualified for their benefits.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The other half of Mexicans, who work under the table in the ‘informal’ economy, have no pension program at all.
    Mark Stevenson, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The tentative deals included a roughly 25% raise over four years, as well as significant improvements on pensions and the right to protest the closure of plants.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2023
  • But the actors on those shows had none of the protections that U.S. actors take for granted, like residuals and pension and health contributions.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The milestone is also important, as the 10-year mark is when players’ pensions become fully vested.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2023

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