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shelved
adjective as in discarded
Example Sentences
The plan, unveiled in 2017, was shelved just before the pandemic, a fortuitous turn that is now allowing planners to adapt to a radically different city.
Prescott's plan for elected regional assemblies was quickly shelved.
In October, the Scottish government shelved proposals for the automatic early release of long-term prisoners due to concerns from victims of crime.
The upper limit for claims in England hasn't been raised since 2008 and a pledge to increase it, made in 2021, was shelved by the last government.
Margaret has said that she almost shelved that book a couple of times because she just thought it was too improbable and was a premise that that we wouldn’t buy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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