shelve
Example Sentences
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The White House shelved the sanctions, according to several officials familiar with the matter.
The EU’s decision to shelve a trade deal with the U.S. risks retaliation from the country, the analysts write.
Finley’s piece arranges ceramic vessels inside shadow-box shelving that the artist describes as containers for memory — some “you love to take out and peek into,” others that “should just stay shut forever.”
From Los Angeles Times
After gigs in Wales were also pulled this week, the tour's promoters, Deadwave Records, said they had been shelved "to avoid trouble" after "a group of people protested against them".
From BBC
New Mexico shelved its initial investigation into the ranch in 2019 upon request from federal prosecutors in New York.
From BBC
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