do excavation

Frequency: 5.03.1 per million words

A less common and more informal way to say you are performing an excavation.

excavationVERB + EXCAVATION

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Examples (10)

  • They're planning to do an archaeological excavation on the site next year.
  • We did a small test excavation yesterday and found some pottery shards.
  • How long will it take to do this excavation properly?
  • The students were excited to do their first real excavation as part of the course.
  • I heard they're doing some excavations near the old Roman fort.
  • You can't just do an excavation without the proper permits.
  • The team did extensive excavations over a period of five years.
  • Doing an excavation in such a remote location presents many challenges.
  • They decided not to do a full excavation until more funding was secured.
  • Next, we will do a careful excavation of the burial chamber.