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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The ceiling and walls are connected with spidery shelving brackets, decorated in the same style as the black webby legs of his desk.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
In the end, delegates voted to shelve the measure for two years so lawyers could study it.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
The project was ultimately deemed too technologically challenging and not significantly better than conventional tanks, and was shelved in 1956.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
But city leaders ultimately decided against it, with Azevedo and Aguilar being the lone pair to cast a vote against shelving the matter.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
In the end, delegates voted to shelve the measure for two years so lawyers could study it.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
The project was ultimately deemed too technologically challenging and not significantly better than conventional tanks, and was shelved in 1956.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
But city leaders ultimately decided against it, with Azevedo and Aguilar being the lone pair to cast a vote against shelving the matter.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 28 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 7 Nov. 2025.
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