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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Then, the show quickly shelves the cinematic celebrity angle.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Photo: Paul Sarkis/Hulu One of the only two Marvel properties to have an MCU movie announced and then shelved (hello, Inhumans), Runaways has the distinction of being the one with both a writer and director attached.
—Nola Pfau, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
But that date and Heart’s 30 remaining 2024 tour stops were shelved in July, after lead singer Ann Wilson, 74, had a cancerous growth removed.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
At Yankee Stadium, center fielder Jung Hoo Lee, no longer shelved by last season’s shoulder dislocation, hit two home runs to power the Giants’ comeback victory.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Photo: Paul Sarkis/Hulu One of the only two Marvel properties to have an MCU movie announced and then shelved (hello, Inhumans), Runaways has the distinction of being the one with both a writer and director attached.
—Nola Pfau, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
But that date and Heart’s 30 remaining 2024 tour stops were shelved in July, after lead singer Ann Wilson, 74, had a cancerous growth removed.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
At Yankee Stadium, center fielder Jung Hoo Lee, no longer shelved by last season’s shoulder dislocation, hit two home runs to power the Giants’ comeback victory.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 14 Apr. 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 24 Apr. 2025.
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