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mothball
verb as in preserve
verb as in shelve
verb as in store
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Experienced charity professional Mr Gilbert was appointed to take over as chief executive from Mrs Ingram-Moore and ran the charity for five months before it was mothballed due to the charity commission investigation.
A huge newly-constructed ship is to be mothballed in Edinburgh as result of a "ferries fiasco" on the other side of the world.
This year, Sable Offshore Corp., a Houston-based energy company, purchased the mothballed equipment and announced plans to restart oil extraction by the end of the year — including the failed pipeline.
It has also proposed to mothball Blackwood Miners' Institute.
It’s not clear if that’s going to happen and work nearby has been mothballed for two years.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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