as in postponed
to assign to a later time
let's shelve the project for now
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Recent Examples of shelved
The plan should be shelved until the agency’s finances are transparently accounted for.
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Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
The agency then quietly shelved a report on the chemical’s toxicity.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
It had been designed to be somewhat of an extension-slash-sequel to Junkie, his first novel, but ended up being shunted aside and shelved.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
Searchlight’s bodybuilding drama Magazine Dreams, which was shelved due to the actor’s legal troubles and saw Majors receive rave reviews, may hit theaters next year.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
In 2019, after 24 years, Victoria’s Secret shelved their annual fashion show and embarked on a rebrand.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2024
Mariah Carey is ready for the world to hear her alternative rock album, which was shelved almost 30 years ago.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Taste the Revolution wrapped filming in 2001 but was shelved following the events of 9/11, with the footage recently being unearthed and edited into the movie that it was intended to become.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
There’s a reason this method has been shelved everywhere except one-stoplight towns.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
The agency then quietly shelved a report on the chemical’s toxicity.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
It had been designed to be somewhat of an extension-slash-sequel to Junkie, his first novel, but ended up being shunted aside and shelved.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
Searchlight’s bodybuilding drama Magazine Dreams, which was shelved due to the actor’s legal troubles and saw Majors receive rave reviews, may hit theaters next year.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
In 2019, after 24 years, Victoria’s Secret shelved their annual fashion show and embarked on a rebrand.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2024
Mariah Carey is ready for the world to hear her alternative rock album, which was shelved almost 30 years ago.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Taste the Revolution wrapped filming in 2001 but was shelved following the events of 9/11, with the footage recently being unearthed and edited into the movie that it was intended to become.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
There’s a reason this method has been shelved everywhere except one-stoplight towns.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
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