How to Use excision in a Sentence

excision

noun
  • McVicar tops off the Met production with an excision of his own.
    James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 1 Mar. 2020
  • In his log, Goldman hints at its excision of their wildest moments together.
    Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Singh writes how two particular Arabic excisions stand out across the films.
    Sharareh Drury, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Many patients are also able to get pregnant after having excision surgery.
    Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But the logic, the strict excision of anything that might compromise the show, is exactly the same.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • By six days post-excision, the tissues saw a significant spike in the absorption of dissolved amino acids.
    Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
  • Gyno #1 recommended a surgeon to perform the excision and sent me on my way.
    Kelly McCreary, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2020
  • The audience would not need the repetition of this; the audience will be excited by the excision of that.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Once the depth of the burn is determined, the patient may have surgical excisions and skin grafting to begin the recovery process.
    Daniella Emanuel, CNN, 18 July 2017
  • Middle of Nowhere is a couple years past that emotional excision, and perhaps a little more pragmatic.
    Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
  • Leno underwent surgery for excision and grafting for second and third-degree burns and was slated for another procedure this week.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The gold standard for treating endometriosis is excision surgery; however, these surgeries can be expensive and involve long wait times.
    Aviv Joshua, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Liposuction of the area or direct surgical excision is an excellent treatment to reduce the area.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2021
  • The excision of Egypt from Africa has been so successful — has there ever been a movie made with Africans playing Egyptians?
    New York Times, 14 July 2017
  • The procedure would have involved temporary surgical removal of part of the frontal bone of the skull and excision of the bone tumor to close the leak that was sending air into the brain.
    Mark Lieber, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Doctors may have a strong preference to perform surgical excision for cancer as this is considered to be the clinical gold standard.
    Tlalit Bussi Tel Tzure, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Treatment removes excision of the endometriosis tissue to provide relief.
    Jess Cording, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • One common surgical option is excision, where the fibroma is completely removed using surgical tools such as a scalpel.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Biopsy and excision of this mass confirmed the presence of a functional supernumerary nipple.
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2017
  • Surgical excision is a procedure that involves cutting out the area of skin that contains that tattoo and stitching the remaining skin together.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Leno obtained significant burns on his hands, face and chest and underwent two procedures including a surgical excision and grafting.
    Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The injuries can worsen and sustain enough cumulative trauma to the point of needing surgical excision or amputation.
    Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2011
  • The many truncations and excisions have been detailed copiously, including by my colleague Justin Chang.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Third, the excision of the children of the undocumented is at odds not just with the original understanding of the 14th Amendment.
    Aziz Huq, Vox, 31 Oct. 2018
  • Agrippina’s excision of Seneca is noticeable and significant, as McVicar seems to have understood.
    James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Depending on the location of the pregnancy, other excisions, such as an oophorectomy (removal of the ovary) might be needed in place of or in addition to the salpingectomy.
    Joanna Petrone, Longreads, 18 Aug. 2017
  • The seriousness of Hamon's rejection required a complete excision of his face in November.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Agnieszka’s version of Kafka’s life isn’t simply a retelling of the subject’s life, a recap of his greatest hits, with the excision of anything morally complex about his life to make the subject more likeable.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 May 2024
  • Leno's current treatment plan involves the surgical excision and grafting procedure, which removes unhealthy tissue in an effort to promote wound healing and reduce the risk of infection.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The gold standard in terms of actually removing lesions (rather than solely managing symptoms) is laparoscopic excision surgery, but surgeons can miss some of the wayward tissue or new lesions can grow back over time.
    Bizzy Whiting, SELF, 2 Dec. 2019

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