as in discovery
the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time
the unearthing of a prehistoric man who had been preserved in an Alpine glacier proved to be a great boon to science
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Recent Examples of unearthing
Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Rochana Redkar, Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Haematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, was excited to see the unearthing.
—Jennifer Hauser, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
The trailer also teases the unearthing of Addams family secrets.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
This usually means unearthing products from medicine cabinets, organizers, and drawers, and lining them up on the floor or across their bedspread.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2026
Below, Dyens and Miailhe speak to Deadline about the importance of unearthing human stories amid the tragedy of the World War II era.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, the teen’s best friend, Simon (Kristian Ventura), is stuck in the afterlife and focused on unearthing secrets about Split River High.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Dec. 2025
Yet the games themselves bore few traces of such hardship, sparkling from our screens — quite literally in the case of Donkey Kong Bananza, which saw its simian star unearthing diamond bananas.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
In their new study, the team dug deeper into what could be going on beneath these surfaces, unearthing more information about how their diverse geologic features may have formed and why some oceans found there may boil.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
There are Instagram accounts dedicated to unearthing old photos of him.
—Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
Furthermore, and lastly, the discovery highlights the role of climate change in unearthing this unusual and groundbreaking ancient facility.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
Noun
The murders followed a deadly boat crash that led to the unearthing of multiple scandals involving the wealthy family, one of the state's most formidable legal dynasties.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
Rochana Redkar, Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Haematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, was excited to see the unearthing.
—Jennifer Hauser, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
The trailer also teases the unearthing of Addams family secrets.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
But for the brave men and women of the TSA, unearthing every strange and confusing item in passenger luggage is just another day on the job.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
This usually means unearthing products from medicine cabinets, organizers, and drawers, and lining them up on the floor or across their bedspread.
—Grace McCarty, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2026
Below, Dyens and Miailhe speak to Deadline about the importance of unearthing human stories amid the tragedy of the World War II era.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, the teen’s best friend, Simon (Kristian Ventura), is stuck in the afterlife and focused on unearthing secrets about Split River High.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Dec. 2025
Yet the games themselves bore few traces of such hardship, sparkling from our screens — quite literally in the case of Donkey Kong Bananza, which saw its simian star unearthing diamond bananas.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
In their new study, the team dug deeper into what could be going on beneath these surfaces, unearthing more information about how their diverse geologic features may have formed and why some oceans found there may boil.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
There are Instagram accounts dedicated to unearthing old photos of him.
—Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
Furthermore, and lastly, the discovery highlights the role of climate change in unearthing this unusual and groundbreaking ancient facility.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unearthing
Noun
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Phatic communion was alive in the place of its discovery.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Continue reading … AMERICAN CULTURE QUIZ – Test yourself on Hollywood hits and diamond discoveries.—
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FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
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In 2021, Carolyn Dunn Moudy was identified as the woman whose body Davie Police found floating in a canal in 1975 after exhuming her body from Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens cemetery in Davie in 2019.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2026
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Gein admitted to exhuming the corpses and using the skin to recreate and become his mother, who died of a stroke in 1945.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Central to the discussion at Davos this year were findings by Manpower Group that 55 percent of employees across all roles received no workplace training in the last 12 months.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Vance said accusations of racial profiling are concerning, but said there needs to be more fact-finding if the incident actually occurred.—
Caroline Cummings,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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