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Recent Examples of excavation
While the eclipses are demanding emotional excavation, Uranus retrograde in Gemini and Saturn retrograde in Pisces are the cosmic reminders to slow down.
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Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Aug. 2025
Ranging from personal essay to vérité and archival excavation, each film employs a distinct aesthetic to expose systems of control and influence—from Silicon Valley mythologies to environmental extraction and state violence.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Archeologists found the ancient fossil in the country of Georgia at an excavation site called Orozmani, which Reuters reported is more compact than the size of two parking spots.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
At the Orozmani excavation site, archaeologists discover new remains of Homo erectus every year.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
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Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Aug. 2025
Ranging from personal essay to vérité and archival excavation, each film employs a distinct aesthetic to expose systems of control and influence—from Silicon Valley mythologies to environmental extraction and state violence.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Archeologists found the ancient fossil in the country of Georgia at an excavation site called Orozmani, which Reuters reported is more compact than the size of two parking spots.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
At the Orozmani excavation site, archaeologists discover new remains of Homo erectus every year.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excavation
Noun
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This off-white cropped trench jacket is designed for easy layering and is nearly half off today.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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The roads became thick with mud, the numbers in his Company were diminishing, and on a night in June the Company advanced to dig a further trench, only to retreat again immediately having not made a lick of progress—but not without suffering the fatality of his friend, Thomas.—
Alice Vernon
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Very, very few people have been allowed into the Chauvet cave in Southeastern France since it was discovered in 1994 and found to contain ancient cave paintings dating back more than 30,000 years.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
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Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin has sea caves to explore on kayaks.—
Jeffrey C. Hallo,
The Conversation,
4 Sep. 2025
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Yeo considers Benjamin Moore’s Sea Salt CSP-95 a neutral that can easily bridge the cavern between warm and cool tones.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
28 Aug. 2025
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The valley floor hums with cowbells and the distant whir of paragliders circling above alpine meadows—as Trümmelbach’s glacial torrents roar through limestone caverns.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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While temperatures on the surface rise and fall throughout the day, peaking in the heat of the afternoon and then cooling down in the nighttime, the temperature inside a burrow remains relatively constant.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Still, they're named for their habit of using crayfish burrows that are mostly abandoned.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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More David Cannon/Getty Images The Walker Cup pits teams comprised of the top 10 male amateur players from the United States and Great Britain and Ireland against each other.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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Trimeresurus nujiang, also known as the Nujiang green pit-viper, is a new arboreal, or tree-dwelling, snake species known only from the high-altitude evergreen forests that border the canyon in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, according to the study.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 2,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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In 2003, Jay Levin shot Mark Drewes, who had been playing ding-dong-ditch and died of his injuries on his 16th birthday, according to the Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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This season, the nearest neighboring fields across the ditch bordering my parents’ house at the farm are filled with sturdy stalks of sorghum.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Schumann Resonance Time Acceleration Schumann resonances are natural, low-frequency electromagnetic hums that form in the cavity between Earth’s surface and the ionosphere (50-600 miles above the surface).—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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In addition to maintaining good oral hygiene habits at home, such as brushing and flossing, experts recommend tactics like drinking plenty of water, limiting snacks and sugary foods, and quitting smoking to help prevent cavities.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
4 Sep. 2025
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That central bank drama is piling even more attention Friday’s speech by Fed Chair Jay Powell, who even in precedented times can move markets with a single furrow of his brow.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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Swaziland continued to plough its own political furrow against its larger neighbor until the end of apartheid.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Excavation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excavation. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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