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 delays have been considerable and, though the idea was ultimately shelved, the club gave serious consideration at one stage to leaving the City Ground altogether for a new 50,000-capacity stadium at Toton, southwest of their home city on the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire border.
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
She was also supposed to appear in Pharrell and Michel Gondry’s ambitious musical project Atlantis, but the pair decided to shelve project indefinitely while editing.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
But the development of that electric vehicle was shelved earlier last year as CEO Elon Musk began to lose interest with car-making in favor of humanoid robots.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2025
No need to shelve your beverage on the table, as each Adirondack chair is conveniently equipped with a cup holder on its side.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
She was also supposed to appear in Pharrell and Michel Gondry’s ambitious musical project Atlantis, but the pair decided to shelve project indefinitely while editing.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
But the development of that electric vehicle was shelved earlier last year as CEO Elon Musk began to lose interest with car-making in favor of humanoid robots.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2025
No need to shelve your beverage on the table, as each Adirondack chair is conveniently equipped with a cup holder on its side.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shelve
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Trump nominated him in May to lead the office of special counsel, but his appointment was postponed.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Lysons are fighting the charges, have asked for a jury trial and the case was recently postponed until December.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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In recent years, some Wyandotte residents have tried to get the government to delay or cancel its tax sales, which usually happen twice a year, to prevent people who have struggled to pay sky-rocketing property tax bills from losing their family homes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Oct. 2025
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The continued closure of the Rafah crossing is preventing delivery of equipment needed to find dead hostages and will therefore delay recovery efforts, Hamas said, according to Reuters.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Any doubts about the team’s decision should be deferred after what Williams put on display against the Commanders.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Oct. 2025
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But Ohtani did, showing everyone why the Dodgers were willing to pay him $700 million over 10 years, with $680 million of that money deferred.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Shelve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shelve. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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