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Significados de retiring en inglés

Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office.

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Reluctant to draw attention to yourself.

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Examples for "reticent"
Examples for "reticent"
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Wanda liked Dana, although her new friend was a shade too reticent.
Fortunate harbor
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The lard is fun, but use vegetable oil if you are reticent.
The Irish Times
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He grew reticent, and, to try you, asked you for your story.
The system of the world
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He looked modest and reticent; his person was the reverse of commanding.
Denzil Quarrier
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And the main reason he'd been reticent to have Sydney join them.
The bone chamber
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The self-effacing Rodgers has tended to let his music do the talking.
BBC
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A generous self-effacing regard had supplanted the madness of his earlier passion.
Dope
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The college may suffer, though other more self-effacing donors are stepping forward.
Reuters
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He went on talking in his self-effacing, deprecatory, but very earnest fashion.
The Gray Dawn
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Hazel Fredericks, in her quiet and self-effacing manner, had aspirations, Milly suspected.
One Woman's Life

Not arrogant or presuming.

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Receding.

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Uso de retiring en inglés
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GM said it would replace retiring workers with existing workers wherever possible.
Reuters
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Phillips said she didn't once consider retiring ahead of the 2021 season.
News.com.au
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Last week Boston-based Highfields Capital co-founder Richard Grubman said he was retiring.
Reuters
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He served in the upper house for seven terms, retiring in 1992.
The Irish Times
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Can a million rumors about retiring the Aqua interface really be wrong?
Wired
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The crisis came in 1858, when they separated, Minna retiring to Dresden.
The Loves of Great Composers
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The company also said its Chief Executive Officer Mark Hunter was retiring.
Reuters
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Bush is retiring from the police after 42 years in the service.
Radio NZ
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Groups of members were retiring to quiet corners to discuss the crisis.
A Hoosier Chronicle
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She is retiring from the State Department post after the November election.
Reuters
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TRIBUTES were paid in the High Court yesterday to a retiring judge.
The Irish Times
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At one moment in the match I thought of retiring from football.
Reuters
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The distant sounds of the Gillies and the servants retiring died away.
Bought and Paid For; From the Play of George Broadhurst
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Current chairman Gay Byrne is retiring after eight years in the role.
The Irish Times
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I always pictured retiring into teaching, but quite the opposite has happened!
Ebony
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He and a partner were buying the agency-Delovetwas retiring, he said.
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