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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Plans to relocate much of Gaza’s population to other countries would be shelved.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Plans to relocate much of Gaza's population to other countries would be shelved.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Joel Embiid and Paul George were shelved by injuries last season, and Tyrese Maxey was overextended on a sinking ship.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
But when your culture becomes product, it can be shelved indefinitely.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Plans to relocate much of Gaza's population to other countries would be shelved.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Joel Embiid and Paul George were shelved by injuries last season, and Tyrese Maxey was overextended on a sinking ship.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
But when your culture becomes product, it can be shelved indefinitely.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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