How to Use excavation in a Sentence

excavation

noun

• The stone is named after the excavation site and is now being called the Svingerud Stone.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
• Now the excavation has finished, offices, stores and homes will be built on the site.
  — Caolán Magee, CNN, 14 June 2023
• Her lab has been involved with the case since the initial excavation.
  — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
• There is a plan for space for visitors to the pool to view the ongoing excavation.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2023
• The castle was built above the cave long before any excavation.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024
• There have been excavations of little bits here and there, j... a few buildings, not a ton.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2023
• This Saturday, the site will briefly open to the public, and researchers will be on hand to discuss the excavation’s progress.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
• So far, hundreds of caves have been searched and 24 excavations carried out over six years.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• The pair, who were at least 55 years old, were found during excavations of the Insula of the House of the Chaste Lovers during work to improve the safety of the building.
  — Jack Guy, CNN, 16 May 2023
• The relic has undergone excavation for a decade and only opened to the public in 2018.
  — Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2023
• Each burial site added days to the excavation, to the frustration of the county and its consultants.
  — Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2022
• The rune was found in fall 2021 in a grave excavation west of Oslo, reports The Associated Press.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 17 Jan. 2023
• The view from atop Charco Verde II during the 2021 excavation season.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023
• The excavation site is near the Wittenham Clumps in Oxfordshire and about 50 miles west of London.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
• Try to avoid areas with a lot of dust like construction or excavation sites.
  — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2023
• After hours of excavation, the team found 40 percent of Lucy's skeleton.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 15 Jan. 2024
• The teeth were uncovered during a 2005 excavation of the remains of a Christian church in present-day Skara, Sweden.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2023
• Further excavation confirmed that the rock border was the foundation of the old observatory, to the excitement of Akey, Manuszak and the rest of the team.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
• The contracts are in place and excavation in South Dakota is 60% complete, De Pablo says, so the costs are now under better control.
  — Byadrian Cho, science.org, 22 Mar. 2023
• Digging in Nyayanga The Nyayanga excavation site where the stone tools were found is a lush, tropical place with deep gullies.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2023
• This is a normal process in excavation, as initial contact with the air can make fossils fragile.
  — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2022
• The extensiveness of the destruction meant there was not enough excavation equipment to go around.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2023
• While her true identity remains a mystery, the excavation revealed hundreds of jars of wine — some still sealed — buried with her.
  — Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
• Etches has been collecting fossils for more than 40 years and was involved in the excavation.
  — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2023
• But researchers say many more remain buried, and further excavations could help reveal even more about its past.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
• The fresco was uncovered during the excavation of the atrium of a house in an area of the ancient site that is currently being explored.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 27 June 2023
• This was the third excavation in an effort to identify victims.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2023
• County crews have worked on habitat restoration since the excavation.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
• Previous excavations have uncovered the forum, the market, the bath house, a large hall known as the bath-house basilica and the town houses of wealthy residents.
  — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 8 June 2023
• In addition to the mummies, the excavation revealed statues, wall paintings, amulets, tools and pottery.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024