put on the shelf
Example Sentences
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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
Neither is Twyla Tharp’s “Roy’s Joys,” which debuted in 1997 and was then put on the shelf.
From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2022
Actually, these observations don’t need to be dusted off because they’re never put on the shelf, no matter how wrong they’re proven by actual facts.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 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
