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
Synonyms
Examples of shelve in a Sentence
The books were shelved according to category.
let's shelve the project for now
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But Atlantic shelved the album soon after Curtis was murdered on the steps of his Manhattan apartment in 1971.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
The model owns dozens of Hermès bags yet continually shelves them on behalf of Manu Atelier’s Le Cambon 40, a spacious suede style that Katie Holmes has also adopted as her emotional-support tote.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2025
With Trump set to take office in a little over a week, and his Justice Department is expected to drop the charges against Nauta and de Oliveria as well as shelving both volumes of the report.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
An additional eighteen are being evaluated and could be shelved.
—Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
The model owns dozens of Hermès bags yet continually shelves them on behalf of Manu Atelier’s Le Cambon 40, a spacious suede style that Katie Holmes has also adopted as her emotional-support tote.
—Kelsey Stiegman, Vogue, 13 Jan. 2025
With Trump set to take office in a little over a week, and his Justice Department is expected to drop the charges against Nauta and de Oliveria as well as shelving both volumes of the report.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
An additional eighteen are being evaluated and could be shelved.
—Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Shelve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shelve. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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