SHELVED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

shelved

verb

past tense of shelve

as in postponed

to assign to a later time let's shelve the project for now

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Recent Examples of shelved Meta completed one round of layoffs in May (about 8,000 people), then quietly shelved the bigger second wave. — Lydia Zhang, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Aware of women’s electoral weight, activists are seeking to leverage that power to seek guarantees that such promises will not later be shelved. — ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 The bus-priority design was first floated during the Adams administration, but was shelved in 2025. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026 The government shelved the plan, and Tung resigned in 2005, citing health reasons. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 The topic was raised when Harington was asked about HBO’s Snow spinoff sequel that was developed several years ago and then shelved. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 Others, including Flutterwave, have quietly shelved Nasdaq ambitions. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026 But federal government attorneys informed the court late Monday that the board has shelved the proposal from its September meeting agenda. — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026 The answers have divided one of the city's oldest neighborhoods and shelved a proposal to give part of Ansley Park historic protections. — Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026

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Lee has demanded a review of the execution procedures and indefinitely postponed Pike's execution and another that had been scheduled for this year.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
His state trial, which includes a second-degree murder charge, was set to begin in September, but a judge postponed it to give prosecutors time to respond to a double jeopardy motion from his attorneys.

— Joe Kottke, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of postponed

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Oura was just one of several IPOs that have been delayed over the past month.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
In the same week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unveiled Dots, the company pulled its latest AI model and delayed its IPO due to existential safety concerns around the very same AI agent tech.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of delayed

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The official causes of death for both were deferred, pending further investigation.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
That mandatory inclusion cannot be deferred again, but gain from a separate inclusion event may qualify for a new deferral if timely reinvested.

— Fernando Jimenez, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

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