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
Verb
The books were shelved according to category.
let's shelve the project for now
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Merlisa Lawrence Corbett,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Declassified British documents from the 1960s revealed government unease over the presence of the micronation, as well as eventually shelved plans to bomb it.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 June 2026
Today, it's supported on the latest cards, after community pushback stopped it from shelving the tech on the RTX 50-series.
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Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
30 June 2026
Later in 2020, a federal proposal to loosen that permitting process was floated, and then later shelved.
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Alex Burton,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
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Verb
After several discussions with her mentor, Val Quinn, former managing director of The Coca-Cola Company Ireland, Craybas decided to scale back her company but not shelve it.
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Merlisa Lawrence Corbett,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Declassified British documents from the 1960s revealed government unease over the presence of the micronation, as well as eventually shelved plans to bomb it.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 June 2026
Today, it's supported on the latest cards, after community pushback stopped it from shelving the tech on the RTX 50-series.
—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
30 June 2026
Later in 2020, a federal proposal to loosen that permitting process was floated, and then later shelved.
—
Alex Burton,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
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 Jul. 2026.
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