on the shelf
Example Sentences
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The government says it is determined that the recommendations from the Nottingham review will not "sit on the shelf."
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
“We’re not making records that are just going to go sit on the shelf — these are records we’re continually repressing all the time anyway.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
But leave the megadoses on the shelf unless a doctor advises them.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026
They’re giving it a bit to Jannik Sinner, who just wins, wins, wins, now that frenemy Carlos Alcaraz is injured and on the shelf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
He put it back on the shelf, right where he always put it, next to his Lego pyramid.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
