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empty nester
noun [C, usually plural] (also nester)Definition
› a person whose adult children have left home: Cruise companies tend to cater to empty nesters who finally have both the time and the money to travel the world.
(Definition of empty nester noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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