shelves
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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My dad stocked supermarket shelves with his products, and cardboard boxes of candy racks filled our family garage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Inside the sparse, upscale abode, cardboard moving boxes are still scattered across the entryway, and his shelves lack ingredients.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Provinces pulled US alcohol from shelves and Canadians significantly curbed travel south, which irritated the US in return.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Sanseido, a 145-year-old bookstore in Tokyo's book district Jimbocho, began putting zines on their shelves almost a year ago.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
The Taklamakan and its buried cities gave way to the western high plateaus where the ground hardened into clay, and gorges had been cut into the rock shelves.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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