shelved; shelving
1
: to furnish with shelves
2
: to place on a shelf
shelve books
3
a
: to remove from active service
b
: to put off or aside
shelve a project
: to slope in a formation like a shelf
shelver
noun
Examples of shelve in a Sentence
The books were shelved according to category.
let's shelve the project for now
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The delays have been considerable and, though the idea was ultimately shelved, the club gave serious consideration at one stage to leaving the City Ground altogether for a new 50,000-capacity stadium at Toton, southwest of their home city on the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire border.
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The fact that the movie is now in production is a notable resuscitation of a sequel that had been shelved several times before, at least once even during pre-production.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
She was also supposed to appear in Pharrell and Michel Gondry’s ambitious musical project Atlantis, but the pair decided to shelve project indefinitely while editing.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
But the development of that electric vehicle was shelved earlier last year as CEO Elon Musk began to lose interest with car-making in favor of humanoid robots.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2025
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
The fact that the movie is now in production is a notable resuscitation of a sequel that had been shelved several times before, at least once even during pre-production.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
She was also supposed to appear in Pharrell and Michel Gondry’s ambitious musical project Atlantis, but the pair decided to shelve project indefinitely while editing.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
But the development of that electric vehicle was shelved earlier last year as CEO Elon Musk began to lose interest with car-making in favor of humanoid robots.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shelve
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“Shelve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shelve. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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