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shelved
adjective as in discarded
Example Sentences
Five reformed without Sean in 2006, but plans to record a new album were shelved after they failed to secure a record deal.
"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."
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.
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.
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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