unearthing
- present participle of unearth.
Example Sentences
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The challenge with long-held silver may be unearthing the “cost basis,” or the amount originally paid, in order to determine the profit that is subject to tax, Weltman said.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
Ms Maiklem has written four books about mudlarking, which was historically a trade of poor Victorians and is now a popular hobby involving unearthing historical artefacts from the silt on river banks.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
The process was meticulous and emotional — unearthing forgotten tapes, restoring brittle footage and returning, again and again, to the question of authorship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
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
They picked through shattered china, broken goblets, and the half-moons of delicate-stemmed glassware, unearthing more and more wealth.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
