excavation
noun
ex·ca·va·tion
ˌek-skə-ˈvā-shən 
1
: the action or process of excavating
2
: a cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping
excavational
adjective
ˌek-skə-ˈvā-sh(ə-)nəl
-shə-nᵊl
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Human remains and 15 grave shafts were discovered late last month by Indianapolis Department of Public Works crews during excavation for the Henry Street Bridge project.
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Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2024
The fragment was unearthed at Mount Zion, a hill that lies just outside the Old City of Jerusalem, during an excavation directed by Shimon Gibson, an archaeologist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Rafael Lewis, an archaeologist at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
Her excavations of the self often come in tones of surprise: surprise at having made it this far, surprise at the velocity of her feelings, surprise that there is still more to be felt after all this time.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
Some of his skeletal remains were uncovered beneath large stones during an excavation of the well in 1938.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
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Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2024
The fragment was unearthed at Mount Zion, a hill that lies just outside the Old City of Jerusalem, during an excavation directed by Shimon Gibson, an archaeologist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Rafael Lewis, an archaeologist at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
Her excavations of the self often come in tones of surprise: surprise at having made it this far, surprise at the velocity of her feelings, surprise that there is still more to be felt after all this time.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
Some of his skeletal remains were uncovered beneath large stones during an excavation of the well in 1938.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
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excavation
noun
ex·ca·va·tion
ˌek-skə-ˈvā-shən
1
: the act or process of excavating
2
: a hollowed-out place formed by excavating
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excavation
noun
ex·ca·va·tion
ˌek-skə-ˈvā-shən
1
: the action or process of excavating
2
: a cavity formed by or as if by cutting, digging, or scooping
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