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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Better to shelve the project for good.
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Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
The agreement will see TotalEnergies shelve its offshore wind developments in New York and Carolina.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
The deal for the Ninh Thuan 1 plant, reported by Vietnamese state media, comes after two similar projects were shelved in 2016 over rising costs and safety issues.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
After that, it was shelved again.
—Tracy Smith, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
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Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
The agreement will see TotalEnergies shelve its offshore wind developments in New York and Carolina.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
The deal for the Ninh Thuan 1 plant, reported by Vietnamese state media, comes after two similar projects were shelved in 2016 over rising costs and safety issues.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
After that, it was shelved again.
—Tracy Smith, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
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 1 Apr. 2026.
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