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Shelve meaning
To furnish (a place) with shelves; especially, to furnish (a library, etc.) with bookshelves. | To place (something) on a shelf; especially, to place or arrange (books) on a bookshelf. | To place (something) in a certain location, as if on a shelf.
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Analysis: Investors shelve China assets before bigger stimulusreuters.
Australians are bracing for rampant price hikes and falling real wages despite a federal government pledge to ease the cost of living, with voters cutting their support for Labor as they shelve their hopes for higher living standards.
Convincing the Saudis to shelve their nuclear ambitions as part of the deal would be a genuine achievement, but that’s not very likely.
FOLLOWING Cumberland council's decision to shelve plans for a swimming pool in Maryport, a local group has criticised the decision not to continue with the allocated investment in the town.
However, as the owners of Aba-Ngwa (Enyimba City), we advise him to shelve his visit to Aba.
He said the lawmakers would shelve their scheduled break to attend to the budget proposal.
He’s asked them to shelve that plan.
Meanwhile, the Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has advised Christians in his state to shelve their plans for holy pilgrimage this year, citing the conflict in the Middle East.
One of his first acts as prime minister was to shelve a plan by the previous Conservative government to fly asylum-applicants from Britain to Rwanda – a scheme blocked by Britain’s Supreme Court.
The Forest of Dean District Council leaders had decided to shelve plans for a new settlement in this area for their new development blueprint which would run until 2041.
This will pacify them to shelve their planned mass protests,” he said.
THR said the move to shelve spurred worries that the film would suffer the same fate as other titles dumped by Warner Bros. Discovery and used as multimillion-dollar tax write-offs.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic setback, House Republicans failed Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, forced to shelve a high-profile priority — for now — after a few GOP lawmakers refused to go along with the party’s plan.
After college students began moving back home because of the outbreak, the Census Bureau had to shelve plans to send door-knockers to neighborhoods around campuses starting in April.
In fact, State Bank of India (SBI) last February had put its outstanding Essar Steel loan of Rs 15,431 crore on auction but had to shelve it.
Joe Biden, Trump’s rival for the White House, has said the new weapon is overkill, suggesting he might shelve it if he wins in November.
Many fans have taken to twitter and are trending Shelve Bachchan Pandey.
Reps beg labour to shelve strike, offer palliatives.
So when should you ship or shelve a coronavirus-related AI solution?
The Edgartown shellfish committee will shelve for now a plan to expand oyster farms to Cape Pogue.