excavate
verb (used with object)
to make hollow by removing the inner part; make a hole or cavity in; form into a hollow, as by digging.
is excavating
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present progressiveof excavate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Now I realize what I've been doing for more than 50 years is excavating old ideas and finding new ways to express them.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2022
And instead of exploring unfamiliar subcultures, she is excavating territory much closer to home: her own childhood.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2020
Among his more ambitious goals is excavating 2.7 miles of tunnel for a vacuum tube that can transport 16 people in a pod from downtown Los Angeles to the LAX airport in eight minutes.
From Slate ● May 18, 2018
The team is excavating at least two other skeletons there belonging to the same species, which they would not discuss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2010
Yet that is excavating as it is usually found to be.
From The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology by Arthur E. P. B. Weigall
