retirement home

noun

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

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The 65-year-old Augustinian friar and his three fellow monks, who have dedicated their lives to silent prayer inside Florence’s Santo Spirito monastery, are preparing to go into battle over plans to open a luxury retirement home on the site. Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025 The house served as the retirement home for George W. Hubbard until a former pastor of Seay-Hubbard, Reverend Julian Johnson, purchased the home from Meharry. Jennifer Lindahl, The Tennessean, 10 Nov. 2024 From director James Ashcroft (Coming Home in the Dark), who co-wrote the script with Eli Kent, The Rule of Jenny Pen centers on arrogant judge Stefan Mortensen (Rush), who has to live in a retirement home after a near-fatal stroke leaves him partially paralyzed. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025 Where to watch: In theaters ‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ (March 7) The psychological thriller stars Geoffery Rush as a partially paralyzed stroke patient at a retirement home and John Lithgow as the sadistic resident terrorizing him with a dementia doll. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025 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 25 Mar. 2025.

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