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 company shelved indefinitely a plan to build an EV factory in Mexico, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Features include 3½ bathrooms and a living room with custom millwork, O’Brien Harris shelving and a 60-foot linear ventless fireplace framed in Iceland book matched porcelain.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Similarly, Trump shelved the small but vital Office of Net Assessment where a dozen military officers plan future war scenarios.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
Right here in New York, policing initiatives that were launched with great fanfare, and that had achieved success, are quickly shelved when a new management team takes over.
—Kenneth E. Corey, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 2025
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Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Features include 3½ bathrooms and a living room with custom millwork, O’Brien Harris shelving and a 60-foot linear ventless fireplace framed in Iceland book matched porcelain.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Similarly, Trump shelved the small but vital Office of Net Assessment where a dozen military officers plan future war scenarios.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
Right here in New York, policing initiatives that were launched with great fanfare, and that had achieved success, are quickly shelved when a new management team takes over.
—Kenneth E. Corey, New York Daily News, 24 Mar. 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 3 Apr. 2025.
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