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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Where truth is boxed and shelved, not wrestled with.
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Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
The most recent came in early August, when plans to hold their traditional season-opening Joan Gamper Trophy friendly match at the Camp Nou had to be shelved.
—Pol Ballus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Already, there is harrowing déjà vu, with offensive mainstay Christian McCaffrey suddenly dealing with a calf injury, a year after Achilles tendinitis shelved him for eight games.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Hiring efforts, already stymied in part by still-high interest rates, have been largely shelved due to the unknowns.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
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Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
The most recent came in early August, when plans to hold their traditional season-opening Joan Gamper Trophy friendly match at the Camp Nou had to be shelved.
—Pol Ballus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Already, there is harrowing déjà vu, with offensive mainstay Christian McCaffrey suddenly dealing with a calf injury, a year after Achilles tendinitis shelved him for eight games.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Hiring efforts, already stymied in part by still-high interest rates, have been largely shelved due to the unknowns.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 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 16 Sep. 2025.
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