shelf
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They are typically made with refined fats, oils, sugars, starches, salts, and other additives designed to improve flavor, texture, and shelf life, often while lowering nutritional quality.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Freshwater from melting glaciers in East Greenland's spectacular fjords and its coastal shelf contribute to two major Arctic currents.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Another was 2015 space adventure “The Martian,” which Scott says had been sitting on a shelf for two years before it was sent to him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
They just make sure they’re never so hungry that everything on the shelf looks good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
At 8:45 Father took the old brass-bound Bible from its shelf.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Their work is part of a broader effort to better understand the processes responsible for the calving and retreat of Arctic ice shelves.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Instead, the footwear maker cut back on certain discounts, pulled some products from shelves and tapered the availability of others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Many provinces, which have authority over the sales of alcohol, removed US wine and spirits from their shelves.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
In bustling Mong Kok there was Luck Win, known for its generous discounts, and Greenfield, with its packed floor-to-ceiling shelves.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Some of the shelves held things like bottled water and baby diapers and cans of food, but a lot more of the shelves were empty.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
