as in postponed
to assign to a later time
let's shelve the project for now
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Recent Examples of shelved
But that proposal was ultimately shelved after receiving anemic interest from potential shippers.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Chad Gable has also been shelved since June.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
But Mair, too, has had to whittle his lab down to just five people and shelved many of the team’s more ambitious experiments.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
The project’s costs came to at least $15 billion before getting shelved.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
The version ultimately was shelved by Disney.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
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.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 10 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
Plans to relocate much of Gaza’s population to other countries would be shelved.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Chad Gable has also been shelved since June.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
But Mair, too, has had to whittle his lab down to just five people and shelved many of the team’s more ambitious experiments.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
The project’s costs came to at least $15 billion before getting shelved.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
The version ultimately was shelved by Disney.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
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.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 10 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
Plans to relocate much of Gaza’s population to other countries would be shelved.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shelved
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Charles and Camilla were supposed to pay a state visit to the Vatican in early April, but the trip was postponed over Pope Francis’ poor health.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, eight days after Apple postponed The Savant, FBI director Kash Patel shuttered the very real (though, secretive) program — a partnership with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) — on which the series (and the Cosmopolitan story) is based.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Two out of three lanes are closed and traffic is delayed on the inner loop of Interstate 485 in northwest Charlotte after a tractor trailer overturned Tuesday morning.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Oct. 2025
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What Happens Next The longer the government shutdown takes to resolve, the more likely additional programs could be impacted and delayed, according to Newsom’s office.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Trail Blazers deferred comment to the NBA and announced that an assistant coach, Tiago Splitter, would assume head coaching responsibilities.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
24 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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