SHELVED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

shelved

verb

past tense of shelve

as in postponed

to assign to a later time let's shelve the project for now

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Recent Examples of shelved The sixth edition of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival was due to take place from December 3 to 12 but has been shelved this year. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 Lenders pull back, firms at the heart of the boom cut costs or close, bankruptcies pick up, building projects are shelved. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026 However, the dreamy collaboration could be shelved or possibly land on Eminem’s new album. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, Neon has set Luca Guadagnino‘s Artificial for a December release after the film, starring Andrew Garfield as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, was shelved by Amazon earlier this year. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026 This month, the kingdom shelved a stadium promised for the 2034 men’s soccer World Cup. — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 However, that proposal was shelved after securing consensus among Group of Seven nations to coordinate a joint strategic petroleum reserve release. — CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 Bamboo Insurance and Amaero shelved theirs around the same time. — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026 Aware of women’s electoral weight, activists sought to leverage that power to seek guarantees that such promises won't later be shelved. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

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Game 4 of the American League Championship Series was postponed because of rain Friday night.

— Joe Reedy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
General elections were supposed to be held in December; they have been postponed indefinitely.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of postponed

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But technical and regulatory hurdles repeatedly delayed certification of the largest version of Boeing's bestselling 737 family.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Results were delayed after late openings forced more than 100 polling stations to extend voting hours Monday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of delayed

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Highlands has proposed repaying the state through deductions from future state funding, but the bankruptcy court deferred a decision on that proposal until the final hearing in November.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The superstar who deferred most of his record 10-year, $700-million salary so as to enable — to obligate — the Dodgers to build a championship roster around him reached base in three of his four plate appearances Wednesday.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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