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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Among the guests were William Shatner and Florence Henderson; John Belushi filmed a death scene, but when the actor passed away a day after the pilot aired, his appearance was shelved.
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Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2025
The project got shelved until 2023, when its focus changed.
—Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
Researchers at every stage — from graduate students to senior faculty — have been forced to shelve experiments, rework career plans, and quietly warn each other not to count on long-term funding.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
Intel has shelved the broader external rollout of its ambitious 18A chip node, once pitched as a moonshot and instead doubled down on 14A. That’s not capitulation.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
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Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2025
The project got shelved until 2023, when its focus changed.
—Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
Researchers at every stage — from graduate students to senior faculty — have been forced to shelve experiments, rework career plans, and quietly warn each other not to count on long-term funding.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2025
Intel has shelved the broader external rollout of its ambitious 18A chip node, once pitched as a moonshot and instead doubled down on 14A. That’s not capitulation.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 6 July 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 21 Jul. 2025.
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