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defer, delay, hold off (on), hold over, hold up, lay over, postpone, put off, put over, remit
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While the film has been shelved by Amazon in the U.S., it is being released across Europe. — Rhonda Richford, The Hollywood Reporter, "Woody Allen Defends His Record: "I've Done Everything That the #MeToo Movement Would Love to Achieve"," 6 Sep. 2019 Across the globe, projects like the Fort Campbell middle school have been shelved, including an elementary school in Wiesbaden, Germany, and a cyberoperations center in Virginia. — New York Times, "Military Base Loses Funding for New School to Trump’s Border Wall," 5 Sep. 2019 The demonstrations first began in opposition to a Chinese extradition bill, which has since been shelved but not scrapped altogether. — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, "Hong Kong police are marking protestors with blue dye shot from water cannons," 31 Aug. 2019 Although the bill has been shelved, protests have continued unabated, growing into a far broader pushback against Beijing’s increasing control over the city. — Washington Post, "A trip across the harbor," 23 Aug. 2019 In recent days, some of Mrs. Lam’s advisers have issued comments suggesting Saturday’s suspension of the bill meant that in practical terms it had been shelved for the foreseeable future. — Natasha Khan, WSJ, "Hong Kong Leader Carrie Lam Makes Apology, Puts Contested Law On Ice," 18 June 2019 With Zidane back in charge and the Galactico tap turned back on, the policy of youth has been shelved for 'today' solutions ahead of 2019/20. — SI.com, "La Liga Season Preview 2019/20: Title Contenders, European Hopefuls, Promoted Sides & More," 14 Aug. 2019 An alternate-history drama series titled Confederate was announced by HBO to considerable controversy in 2017, but that project has been presumed shelved for quite some time. — James Hibberd, EW.com, "Game of Thrones showrunners to make shows for Netflix in massive deal," 7 Aug. 2019 The House instead voted Friday to approve a $1,600 dividend in a piece of separate legislation, House Bill 2003, that has been shelved by the Senate for now. — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, "Senate committee adds $3,000 PFD to bill reversing most budget vetoes, but prospects remain uncertain," 28 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'shelve.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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