How to pronounce retirement

Listen to retirement in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“retirement” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 463 American · 612 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. the third outcome is Voluntary Retirement, Disability Retirement or Discontinued Service Retirement Fourth

    Dept of Labor · watch from 12:14 · hear it here

  2. and the retirement of, retirement of knowledgeable technicians.

    GAO · watch from 0:45 · hear it here

  3. looking towards retirement.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 48:15 · hear it here

  4. retirement on health care.

    Federal Reserve · watch from 11:49 · hear it here

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