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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Kulikov had surgery in mid-October to repair a labral tear in his right shoulder that Maurice said has a five-month recovery time, shelving the defenseman until mid-March.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
Its original release was honestly a low point because it was initially shelved in the US.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
Ingram ultimately didn't play a single second for Toronto in 2024-25, as he was shelved by an ankle injury.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
The show, which was slated to be carried live by the network and stream on Peacock, has reportedly been shelved in order to allow Snoop to focus on his gig as a Winter Olympics correspondent.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
Its original release was honestly a low point because it was initially shelved in the US.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
Ingram ultimately didn't play a single second for Toronto in 2024-25, as he was shelved by an ankle injury.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
The show, which was slated to be carried live by the network and stream on Peacock, has reportedly been shelved in order to allow Snoop to focus on his gig as a Winter Olympics correspondent.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Nov. 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 Nov. 2025.
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