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
Writer/director James Mangold announced the film in 2020 — a bad time to start production — and the feature was shelved amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
In November 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery shelved the movie, which was based on the 1990 New Yorker article by Ian Frazier, receiving a $30 million tax write-off.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
Still, most Senate vote-counters believe almost all GOP lawmakers will shelve their concerns about Gabbard to avoid crossing Trump.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
Zegras’ flash may not fully mesh with Verbeek’s old-school outlook, though any evaluation of the union has been obfuscated by three serious injuries that have shelved Zegras for swathes of the past two seasons.
—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
In November 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery shelved the movie, which was based on the 1990 New Yorker article by Ian Frazier, receiving a $30 million tax write-off.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
Still, most Senate vote-counters believe almost all GOP lawmakers will shelve their concerns about Gabbard to avoid crossing Trump.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025
Zegras’ flash may not fully mesh with Verbeek’s old-school outlook, though any evaluation of the union has been obfuscated by three serious injuries that have shelved Zegras for swathes of the past two seasons.
—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shelve
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The concert was previously postponed in October when the singer was diagnosed with bronchitis and laryngitis.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2025
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Fieldwork was regularly being reduced in scope or postponed, sometimes for years.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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Trump had delayed the tariffs once before to allow more time for talks.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2025
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Another feature of Apple’s AI rollout might be delayed, but investors shouldn’t be concerned.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Senate’s two-bill strategy also defers tough decisions on which taxes to cut.—
Catie Edmondson,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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These policies deferred Europe’s full emergence from its post-1945 rehabilitation.—
Dominic Green,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Shelve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shelve. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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