shelf
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In 2024 a company survey of 20,000 users indicated that 94% of them put products back on the shelf when the app showed a red rating.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
A shelf says: I buy my tuna packed in olive oil, not water, and I know what to do with preserved lemons.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
So, no, he wasn’t kept on the shelf out of harm’s way; he played.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The government says it is determined that the recommendations from the Nottingham review will not "sit on the shelf."
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
I rose and retrieved cups from the shelf.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
The decision shelves, possibly for months, a process UC said would be a careful, evidence-driven review that was praised by UC President James B. Milliken as “comprehensive.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
It does not look at how many industrial processes a food requires to end up on your shelves.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
Air conditioning has been in hot demand, with retailers seeing their stock fly off the shelves and units online sell out.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
It may take a while to see the product on drugstore shelves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Best of all was a window seat tucked in between cubby shelves bursting with shells, books, and other treasures.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
