mothballed
Example Sentences
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The approved buyer of the mothballed residential, hotel and retail project is a partnership led by Kali P. Chaudhuri, whose KPC Development Co. owns and builds commercial properties in California and India.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Plans were approved, then mothballed, and then resurrected.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The war could make it easier for Takaichi to reopen mothballed nuclear plants that were supplying 30% of the country’s electricity before the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
After the gaffe, Ackman mothballed the IPO entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
The sweet, slightly chemical scent of gun oil; the raw wood of newly constructed shell crates; the mothballed odor of old bedspreads—he’s in the hotel.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
