shelf
Example Sentences
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All three are positioned along active fault zones that cut across the Milos shelf.
From Science Daily
The Strand assemblage, a cozy affair held amid shelves of leather-bound first editions in a room that frequently hosts weddings, drew people of all ages, mostly of the female variety.
From Los Angeles Times
"I'm really tired when I go home. I don't have time or energy to meet my friends," she explains, before restocking a shelf of paracetamol.
From BBC
Private-equity firms made progress clearing their shelves of dusty investments this year.
The latest research, however, suggests they are more like well-thumbed library books that wear and change a little bit every time they’re pulled off the shelf.
From Los Angeles Times
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