mothball
Example Sentences
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There was so much fiber that much of it ended up mothballed for a decade before internet traffic expanded enough to justify using it.
In light of hyperscalers’ “deals with utilities to bring old nuclear plants out of mothballs,” Wick said it was understandable for investors to be interested in newer players in the nuclear space.
From MarketWatch
The Navy last year mothballed 17 supply ships because there weren’t enough commercial crews to run them.
Signaling a shift in priorities, Trott has already mothballed the Serbian project.
A growing number of steel plants in the country are being mothballed: a quarter were temporarily shuttered in 2024, according to the Agora Industrie think tank.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
