How to Use excavation in a Sentence

excavation

noun
  • Drone footage of the excavation site at Vráble.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • Val Kilmer leaves no stone left unturned in the excavation of his life.
    — NBC News, 22 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • His excavation team said there could be as many as 17 other mass graves around the town.
    — Washington Post, 8 May 2021
  • The castle was built above the cave long before any excavation.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Part of what led you down this path to wellness was the excavation required for acting.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 June 2026
  • He was not involved in the excavation.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • The excavation required for the work is such that roadway plates cannot be safely put in place overnight.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The bureau plans to fill all but five of the primary excavation pits.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The sandy coastal soils that make the bluffs so fragile could aid the excavation and be an advantage for the new route.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2021
  • What sets Reschio apart is its swirling modern excavation of the past.
    — Travel, 5 Jan. 2022
  • So, that became kind of the theme song of the Dreadnought excavation.
    — Steve Baltin, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
  • Satellite images show piles of dirt from the excavation growing in size.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • There is a plan for space for visitors to the pool to view the ongoing excavation.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • In the decades since, numerous excavations have taken place at the site.
    — Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 17 Sep. 2025
  • So far, hundreds of caves have been searched and 24 excavations carried out over six years.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • More than 42,000 of those were found over the past eight years of excavation alone.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The shaft sat within a larger excavation area, leaving the dog unable to climb out on his own.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
  • The pleasure of this work lies in the excavation — in watching a fuller life come into focus.
    — Amisha Padnani, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • He was then buried in a makeshift grave with his body beng found in 2021 after an excavation search.
    — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The order said a permit must be obtained for the excavation of the basement.
    — Nate Sylves, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • Continued excavations turned up four stone hand axes that had been shattered by fire.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2025
  • If your pup treats their bed like an excavation site or a full-on chew toy, choose durability-first designs.
    — Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The excavations took place in the spring and summer of 2025.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The stone is named after the excavation site and is now being called the Svingerud Stone.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Crews will then pump out the remaining wastewater in the collapse site and start an excavation to remove the rock dam.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Healing doesn’t have to be endless excavation.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Dec. 2025

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