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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an excavator" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a type of heavy machinery used for digging or construction purposes.
Example: "The construction site was bustling with activity, and an excavator was digging the foundation for the new building."
Alternatives: "a digger" or "a backhoe".
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Operators use an excavator for multiple types of work in the field, e.g., excavating, carrying, loading, dozing, etc.
I brought in an excavator".
"We use an excavator now to dig it," Marilyn said.
He has lent an excavator to help lift the cottage off its old stone foundation.
Now, as we watched, an excavator shovel bent down and lifted it gingerly from its moorings.
"It isn't a case of going straight onto land with an excavator," he said.
It only survives here thanks to the sand heaps that are scraped up into low, bare banks by an excavator.
Spence describes Zhang Dai as an "excavator," someone who "tried to get into the deep and dark places" of memory.
And within weeks of the house sale, it was all hanging from the muddy claw of an excavator.
Tatum plays Jimmy Logan, who lives in Boone County, West Virginia, and drives an excavator at the mine.
POLICE used an excavator to dig up the floor of an office adjoining a mosque near Port of Spain, Trinidad's capital, in a search for weapons.
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