verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shelve a plan (= not continue with it, although you might continue with it later )
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The plans will be shelved until an alternative access to the site can be found.
shelve a plan (= cancel your plan, although you may do it later )
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The plan had to be shelved because of lack of money.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
plan
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A young couple may have to shelve plans to have a baby, at least for the moment.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Plans for a new stadium have been shelved for now.
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Plans for the new stadium have been shelved due to a lack of funding.
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The city shelved the project due to lack of funding.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All of this information can be discovered by checking with those who work at the circulation desk and those who shelve books.
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Every inch of space in the tiny shop was crammed with goods, piled, stacked and shelved in chaotic order.
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I bundle it away into its folder and shelve it.
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Only a few delegates sensed that pressing problems had been shelved.
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The beach was long, flat and shelved so gently that no normal vessel could have come ashore without running aground.