tabled

verb

Definition of tablednext
past tense of table
1
as in tabulated

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2
as in shelved

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tabled
  1. shelved
  2. postponed
  3. added
  4. deferred
  5. tallied
  6. interrupted
  7. reserved
  8. adjourned
Verb
  • The fourth edition was initially planned to open in late 2023, however those plans were shelved after October 7.
    Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • But the distributor shelved it and then dropped it following the December 2023 conviction of Majors on a charge of assault and harassment.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of shelved
Verb
  • The session was postponed in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton striking the state of Florida.
    Volodymyr Yurchuk and Elise Morton, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Twin brother Oren’s detention hearing was then postponed until Tuesday because his defense attorney, Richard Klugh, recently underwent eye surgery and needed more time to prepare for it.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of postponed
Verb
  • Preparing the grid to support the world’s climate commitments requires 80 million km of grid infrastructure to be added or upgraded by 2040, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
    Liana Ault, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The article added that additional interest rate reductions should further reduce inflationary effects.
    Alex Krutz, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of added
Verb
  • During the first month of the season, Toronto signed Jake McCabe to a five-year extension that has deferred money until 2031.
    Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Carolina signed Seth Jarvis and Jacob Slavin to extensions during the offseason that included payments deferred until 2032 and ’33 respectively.
    Greg Beacham, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of deferred
Verb
  • The defense has held its opponent below 20 points in 11 of 16 games thus far, and five Chargers have tallied at least five sacks this season.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The Wildcats tallied the longest streak with an 18-win stretch from 1942-64.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of tallied
Verb
  • On New Year’s Day, Peters’ Christmas holiday was interrupted by a source sending him a letter from Jess Phillips, the UK government’s safeguarding minister, stating that Labour had rejected calls to hold a national inquiry into grooming gangs.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
  • His wife, Ivana, worries for their three young children and complains that her morning sleep is sometimes interrupted.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of interrupted
Verb
  • As the sixth Malt Master in Glenfiddich’s 130-year history, Brian has taken on a role reserved for only a select few since William Grant & Sons first distilled a drop of whisky.
    Noel Burgess, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The first vast eight rows of tables closest to the stage are reserved for longtime supporters and high rollers, and Palm Springs has plenty of them.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of reserved
Verb
  • The House adjourned before taking up the bills, which then could not be voted on in the Senate.
    Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
  • On Thursday after a tumultuous week of walkouts and absences, House Democrats adjourned with no plans for further voting.
    Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of adjourned
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