retirement home

noun

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

Examples of retirement home in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Giving it your all is what salsa lessons at a retirement home is all about. David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024 Her mom Linda, who works in a retirement home, and her father John, a preacher, reside in South Carolina, but the lessons are never far. Tony Paige, New York Daily News, 5 July 2024 For the longest time, the European Parliament elections had little importance, as core members France and Germany set much of the policy for the ever-increasing group and the legislature looked like a retirement home for elderly national politicians and an incubator for young talent. Eli Joseph, Fortune Europe, 5 June 2024 The largest such discovery in the country, and possibly in all of Europe, was made during a routine archaeological screening in preparation for building a retirement home, developer WBG said in a statement. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2024 The property also included a retirement home, a hospital, a church and a recreational hall. Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024 The retirement home in Kendall Roy’s Living+ dystopia 37. Vulture Staff, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024 The Willis' minivan ran over the bracket and exploded in flames, killing the six children. March 26, 2002 (Jefferson County): 6 people killed A retirement home bus carrying more than 20 people crashed with a van on state Highway 16, 30 miles west of Milwaukee, according to previous media reports. Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024 Amid a murder investigation, writer Lucy Barton, local lawyer Bob Burgess, and Strout’s brusque titular heroine Olive Kitteridge, now 90 years old and living in a retirement home, find solace in one another’s company. Shannon Carlin, TIME, 22 May 2024

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“Retirement home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retirement%20home. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.

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