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
The project’s costs came to at least $15 billion before getting shelved.
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
Since then, at least 51 research programs and 26 drugs have been shelved.
—Rosa Mendoza, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025
Indiana went 2-3 with Clark shelved and are now 3-2 with her on the floor.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
The article, written by Rachel Swan of the San Francisco Chronicle, unpacks how the proposal came about before officials (in a rare moment of appreciating bad optics) decided to shelve it.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
Since then, at least 51 research programs and 26 drugs have been shelved.
—Rosa Mendoza, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025
Indiana went 2-3 with Clark shelved and are now 3-2 with her on the floor.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2025
The article, written by Rachel Swan of the San Francisco Chronicle, unpacks how the proposal came about before officials (in a rare moment of appreciating bad optics) decided to shelve it.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shelve
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Investigations into the storm's impact are ongoing, and Fourth of July events in several towns have been canceled or postponed.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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By subsidizing inefficient programs and unnecessary administrators, the Golden Age of Master’s Degrees postponed higher education’s day of reckoning: the day colleges and universities will be held accountable for the economic outcomes of their graduates.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Medical examiners ruled two other deaths in January and February to be from natural causes, but a Miami Herald investigation found evidence of substandard or delayed medical care.—
Claire Healy,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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Other risks of delaying ovarian aging may remain unknown.—
Karina Zaiets,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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The highest annual salary in the NFL is Dak Prescott’s $60 million, and the richest MLB contract is Shohei Ohtani’s at $70 million per year, although 97% of that money is deferred, which lowers the present-day value of the deal.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
1 July 2025
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The Pistons acknowledged there was an investigation ongoing but deferred further comment to the NBA.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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“Shelve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shelve. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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