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mothball
verb as in preserve
verb as in shelve
verb as in store
Strong matches
Example Sentences
That plant has been mothballed awaiting new contracts, amid uncertainty over the finances and viability of its owner.
The assignment was to reimagine the mothballed and dilapidated General Hospital building that towers over the Eastside as the centerpiece of a vibrant new health-oriented community.
However, the university is still looking at redundancies, course closures and mothballing projects in a bid to cut costs.
Coming from the nearby Greenidge Generation power plant, which had been mothballed for years before, the sound has angered some local people.
The president promised that new duties on imports would bring companies' manufacturing processes "into the USA in record numbers," as if mothballed factories and new facilities can be built quickly and cheaply.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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