as in dug
to hollow out or form (something) by removing earth
workmen are excavating a long tunnel that will eventually replace the aboveground expressway
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Recent Examples of excavated
One of the richest fossil sites is the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, where hundreds of bones have been excavated, giving scientists an extraordinary window into the life and death of these Ice Age giants.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Archaeologists excavated the underground burial and found a secondary connecting structure.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Jingia dongxingensis was excavated from the Dongxing Formation and was named a new genus and species in 2024.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Its two towers, or oasts, plus firepits and facade are made from Catawba stone excavated during the brewery’s build-out, while local black walnut wood forms the bar top and wall coverings.
—Kate Bernot, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
Like every other year, remains have been excavated.
—Seema Jilani
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Irakli Gedenidze / Reuters The lower jawbone was found around 62 miles southwest of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, where archaeologists in 2022 excavated a tooth from early humans of the same era.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
The seabed beside its final resting place was excavated to create a basin from which the vessel would be pulled ashore.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Archaeologist Teresa Fernandez-Crespo of Spain's Valladolid University and co-authors focused their analysis on human remains excavated from two circular pits at the Achenheim and Bergheim sites in Alsace in northwestern France.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Archaeologists excavated the underground burial and found a secondary connecting structure.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Jingia dongxingensis was excavated from the Dongxing Formation and was named a new genus and species in 2024.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Its two towers, or oasts, plus firepits and facade are made from Catawba stone excavated during the brewery’s build-out, while local black walnut wood forms the bar top and wall coverings.
—Kate Bernot, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
Like every other year, remains have been excavated.
—Seema Jilani
august 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
Irakli Gedenidze / Reuters The lower jawbone was found around 62 miles southwest of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, where archaeologists in 2022 excavated a tooth from early humans of the same era.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
The seabed beside its final resting place was excavated to create a basin from which the vessel would be pulled ashore.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Archaeologist Teresa Fernandez-Crespo of Spain's Valladolid University and co-authors focused their analysis on human remains excavated from two circular pits at the Achenheim and Bergheim sites in Alsace in northwestern France.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for excavated
dug
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Digital forensics experts dug through it, looking for his search activity, contacts and other data to help police build their case against him.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Yet, for a team whose defense hardly made any plays for months at a time last season and dug an insurmountable hole by never getting the lucky bounce or break in a zillion one-score losses, there were no apologies.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Excavated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excavated. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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