Example Sentences

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At Hong Kong-listed Gala Sports, executives have mothballed non-AI research projects, forced department heads to study machine learning and offered bounties of as much as $7,000 for novel AI ideas.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2023

In which case, here’s the practical advice: buy yellow trousers, invest in red dresses, and by 2019 you’ll probably have mothballed your pink.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2017

Power companies have mothballed plans to spend a record $36 billion to build new capacity needed to spur expansion in the world’s second-fastest growing major economy.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 16, 2012