unearth
verb (used with object)
to dig or get out of the earth; dig up.
has been unearthing
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present perfect progressiveof unearth (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Since the project’s first album in 2007, he has been unearthing abandoned remnants of music history and rewiring them for our fragmented present.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
But Dr James O’Neill has been unearthing the archaeological imprints of the Cold War on the landscape.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2022
A community archaeological dig in County Fermanagh has been unearthing parts of the forgotten "Backstreets" of Enniskillen.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2021
Over the past several years, the San Francisco label Dark Entries has been unearthing Cowley’s unreleased output, much of it thought to be lost.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2016
Based in Normal, Illinois, the nonprofit publishing house has been unearthing lost treasures for two decades.
From Time Magazine Archive
