put on the shelf
Example Sentences
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Go back to your younger self and reclaim something that you always wanted to do that you put on the shelf.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
They can be put on the shelf without full evaluation of ingredients or proven efficacy, except in rare cases in which supplements are tested by a third party.
From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023
“This isn’t something they can put on the shelf and pick up again in September.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2021
What the world really needs is new antibiotics we put on the shelf and use only in the direst emergencies.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2017
“Fiction books are usually put on the shelf in alphabetical order by the author’s last name. Nonfiction titles are classified according to the Dewey decimal system.”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
