How to Use excavation in a Sentence

excavation

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  • 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
  • Sensors attached to small rods touch the rock, but the excavation is carried out by the heat and gas.
    — Khari Johnson, Wired, 9 Dec. 2021
  • This is the fourth excavation started by the city of Tulsa.
    — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
  • At the excavation site, the FBI crew parted to allow them through.
    — Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 17 June 2022
  • 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
  • The bureau plans to fill all but five of the primary excavation pits.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • During the excavation, the team stumbled upon a unique find: three gold-foil tongues.
    — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2021
  • What sets Reschio apart is its swirling modern excavation of the past.
    — Travel, 5 Jan. 2022
  • 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 excavation revealed the legs of great statues and the bases of towering columns.
    — Vivian Yee, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The area was taped off like a crime scene, and law enforcement worked with archeologists to launch an excavation of the site.
    — The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 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
  • This is the second excavation to occur at the cemetery.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Research carried out along with the more recent excavations suggested that the bones belonged to a man 30 to 40 years old at the time of death.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Wallace-Hadrill said that a previous excavation cut off the feet of the skeleton.
    — Katrina Lau, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The latest finds are part of an excavation project into a series of rooms in a domus (home) that began in 2018.
    — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • Arnold says the hope is to have the project, which will require dirt excavation as well as concrete work, ready for an unveiling ahead of the 2025 spring sports season.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Previous excavations have found evidence that a mammoth was killed or scavenged at the site, according to a statement from the University of Wyoming.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Local firefighters, a technical rescue team and the state's Bureau of Mine Safety are among those working alongside an excavation team to remove dirt to access the sinkhole, Limani said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024

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