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
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Examples of shelve in a Sentence
The books were shelved according to category.
let's shelve the project for now
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Kraven: The Hunter looks to be another eventual failure for the attempted — and now apparently shelved — Sony Spider-Man Universe.
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Mark Hughes, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Productions include Nicolas Cage comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, and Batgirl, which Warner Bros wound up shelving, controversially.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
The plan should be shelved until the agency’s finances are transparently accounted for.
—Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
All-Star point guard Tyrese Maxey, meanwhile, started the year healthy but has been shelved since Nov. 6 with a right hamstring injury.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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Mark Hughes, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Productions include Nicolas Cage comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, and Batgirl, which Warner Bros wound up shelving, controversially.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
The plan should be shelved until the agency’s finances are transparently accounted for.
—Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
All-Star point guard Tyrese Maxey, meanwhile, started the year healthy but has been shelved since Nov. 6 with a right hamstring injury.
—Alex Kirschenbaum, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Shelve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shelve. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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