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Definition of unearth
transitive verb
1 : to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume unearth treasure unearth an old photo album
2 : to make known or public : bring to light unearth a scandal
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Examples of unearth in a Sentence
An old document was unearthed from the files.
They unearthed evidence that he had accepted bribes.
Recent Examples of unearth from the Web
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A restoration of the North Course unearthed some bunkers that were pivotal to Wille Park Jr.'s century-old parkland design.
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Investigators are hoping to unearth evidence in other cases of racially motivated killings across the South in the 1950s and 1960s.
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ProPublica unearthed the guidelines Facebook uses to distinguish between hate speech and legitimate political expression.
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Her first big find along the subway extension came last November, when workers at the site of the future La Brea station unearthed a small mammoth or mastodon skull, its tusks still attached.
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In 2008, archaeozoologist Wim Van Neer of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels unearthed the remains of six cats—a male, a female, and four kittens—that appear to have been cared for by people nearly 6000 years ago.
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After Game 3, some writers unearthed a tired trope and suggested that James, in the final minute, had blundered by passing the ball to Kyle Korver, who proceeded to miss a 3-pointer.
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The statue, which was unearthed in the 1970s in a Polish archaeological dig, for years graced the entrance to the Palmyra museum and frequently turned up in visitors’ snapshots.
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Republicans cheered Issa's efforts, even as little in the way of genuine scandal was ever unearthed.
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First Known Use of unearth
15th century
Synonym Discussion of unearth
UNEARTH Defined for English Language Learners
unearth
playDefinition of unearth for English Language Learners
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: to find (something) that was buried in the earth
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: to find or discover (something) that was hidden or lost
UNEARTH Defined for Kids
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