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 those plans got shelved, first due to the recession and later due to countywide enrollment declines.
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Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2026
Then the crash of 2008 hit, GM filed for bankruptcy, and the Baby Duramax was shelved.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026
The feeling, somewhere between limerence and infatuation, hit me like a shoebox precariously shelved too high.
—Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 16 June 2026
Although the Mitchell biopic Seyfried was attached to has since been shelved, director Cameron Crowe is behind another project, in which Meryl Streep is slated to star as Mitchell in the later years of her life.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2026
Three years later plans for a feature film adaptation starring Vince Vaughn were shelved.
—Simon Button, Variety, 15 June 2026
The project passed among different writers and was temporarily shelved as Kubrick worked on other projects.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
By month four, every function has built a workaround, and the pilot is shelved.
—Praveen Satyanarayana, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
City Council members shelved a proposal at their June 8 meeting to require a two-thirds majority vote for selecting a new acting mayor to take the helm if current leader Daniel Biss is elected to Congress come November.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2026
Then the crash of 2008 hit, GM filed for bankruptcy, and the Baby Duramax was shelved.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 17 June 2026
The feeling, somewhere between limerence and infatuation, hit me like a shoebox precariously shelved too high.
—Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 16 June 2026
Although the Mitchell biopic Seyfried was attached to has since been shelved, director Cameron Crowe is behind another project, in which Meryl Streep is slated to star as Mitchell in the later years of her life.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2026
Three years later plans for a feature film adaptation starring Vince Vaughn were shelved.
—Simon Button, Variety, 15 June 2026
The project passed among different writers and was temporarily shelved as Kubrick worked on other projects.
—Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
By month four, every function has built a workaround, and the pilot is shelved.
—Praveen Satyanarayana, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
City Council members shelved a proposal at their June 8 meeting to require a two-thirds majority vote for selecting a new acting mayor to take the helm if current leader Daniel Biss is elected to Congress come November.
—Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shelved
Verb
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Life in prison without parole Lawhead’s arraignment had been postponed twice before, so he was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday morning in Placer Superior Court.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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And what that means is that festering problems are postponed.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
Verb
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That money was delayed in getting to Foxborough amid a congressional funding freeze.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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The team’s charter flight from Mexico to Miami Sunday night was delayed a few hours due to missing documentation.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
Verb
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Then came this past October, when the Heat deferred extension talks with Herro until this summer, as in a window now just 10 days away.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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American Airlines deferred questions from CNN to the FAA.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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“Shelved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shelved. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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