as in to postpone
to assign to a later time
let's shelve the project for now
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Recent Examples of shelve
However, budget overruns, operational complications and global oil market conditions have forced the kingdom to scale back or entirely shelve some of those projects, sources who have worked on Neom have told CNBC.
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Natasha Turak, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
Beyond the soul-crushing, world-killing effects of AI and big tech, there is something electrifying about going analog and leaning the other way to discover a hidden story, an idea, a spark of inspiration from a book that was shelved by a librarian decades ago.
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
The Miami Dolphins have shelved Tyreek Hill because of an oblique injury, holding the team’s All-Pro receiver from participating in Friday’s joint practices.
—Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
The proposal, which involved a game between Barça and fellow Catalan club Girona, was then shelved by La Liga boss Tebas.
—Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
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Natasha Turak, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
Beyond the soul-crushing, world-killing effects of AI and big tech, there is something electrifying about going analog and leaning the other way to discover a hidden story, an idea, a spark of inspiration from a book that was shelved by a librarian decades ago.
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
The Miami Dolphins have shelved Tyreek Hill because of an oblique injury, holding the team’s All-Pro receiver from participating in Friday’s joint practices.
—Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
The proposal, which involved a game between Barça and fellow Catalan club Girona, was then shelved by La Liga boss Tebas.
—Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
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SpaceX postpones flight 10 launch again Starship was first scheduled to get off the ground Aug. 24 at SpaceX's Starbase headquarters near the U.S.-Mexico border, which Texas voters in Cameron County approved in May to become a city.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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Officials said a search was postponed because dive teams were needed in response to the deadly July flooding in Kerr County.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Aug. 2025
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The automaker has slowed production and delayed capacity expansions at factories in China, Reuters reported in June.—
Qiaoyi Li,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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Those who delay will find their networks turned into someone else’s surveillance system.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Tracking Foreign Income And Repatriation Carefully Retaining earnings in a foreign business doesn’t always defer tax.—
Vincenzo Villamena,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Metro Nashville Council members debated whether to defer the proposal for one more meeting, with some noting that neighbors still felt left out of the bulk of the planning process.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Shelve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shelve. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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