shelve

Example Sentences

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The bill was shelved before the legislature could vote on it.

From Los Angeles Times

Manus also shelved a plan to join with Alibaba to introduce a Chinese version of the tool that had been announced in March, people familiar with the plan said.

From The Wall Street Journal

It shelved plans for a product to be offered in the Chinese market.

From Barron's

But after 11 years - and with the rubbish still piling up - the scheme is being shelved because it "failed to show a tangible result".

From BBC

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, the script was discovered by archivists at the Borthwick Institute for Archives who believe it may have been shelved due to time pressures.

From BBC