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shelved

adjective as in postponed

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Five reformed without Sean in 2006, but plans to record a new album were shelved after they failed to secure a record deal.

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"I think it really dawned on me the impact that had occurred and how I sort of brushed it off and how I had either shelved it or blocked it out or whatever."

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In the face of intense opposition from unions and politicians, and following short but disruptive "warning strikes" by unionised workers, the idea was ultimately shelved.

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The "Plan B" of retaliatory measures the Mexican leader had instructed her economy minister to prepare should US tariffs come into force has been shelved for now, she said.

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The monarch butterfly was first petitioned to be listed under the federal Endangered Species Act in 2014, but that effort was shelved due to more urgent population priorities.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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