- plural of shelf.
shelves
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Customers across the UK complained of empty shelves in the days following the attack.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Before, the books were placed on the general shelves in alphabetical order.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
By the time I remember it’s happening, all the good sweets are gone from grocery store shelves, so any visiting trick-or-treaters get butterscotch suckers, breath mints or candy corn.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
The long-term trajectory of sales for a game like this once it finally hits store shelves is “incredibly big,” said Kontus.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
As I shuffle through the random objects in search of a key, the shelves wobble and a stack of papers falls from the top shelf.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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