as in delays
to assign to a later time
let's shelve the project for now
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Recent Examples of shelves
Clean the wood cabinet doors monthly and the interior shelves every three to six months.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
4 Mar. 2026
The result was a fun cameo arc that ends on the image of Scorsese breaking down in tears after Matt shelves the iconic director’s dream project to save his own job — a turn that earned Scorsese his first acting nomination.
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Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2025
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
4 Mar. 2026
The result was a fun cameo arc that ends on the image of Scorsese breaking down in tears after Matt shelves the iconic director’s dream project to save his own job — a turn that earned Scorsese his first acting nomination.
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Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2025
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The deal also delays the elimination of dental help for undocumented adults a year later than Newsom proposed.
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Extending careers delays workforce loss but does not address long-term demographic trends or the inevitability of workforce transition.
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The Defense secretary said the ceasefire postpones the deadline for securing such approval.
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This is equally true of society, and disregarding this truth only postpones the moment of reckoning.
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The leverage China holds over Taiwan is not merely military.
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Groups of friends have stopped talking and started focusing on the match, wondering if either team will score to change the 3-0 score Argentina holds over Algeria.
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“Shelves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shelves. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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