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  • noun Plural form of excavator.

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Examples

  • A different dimension of the machinery-related production constraints is inadequate capitalization which is evidenced by the lack of items such as excavators and loaders which, in a mechanized brick plant, are critical for ensuring the regular supply of clay.

    Chapter 5 1989

  • The company doesn't have snowblowers, but it rented out skid loaders, backhoes, small walk-behind machines, and even some equipment that's not traditionally used for snow, such as excavators and a mini tractor with a 22 - horsepower backhoe, Rohrer said.

    The Herald-Mail Online 2010

  • A top Bhutanese contractor, who agreed, said all they required was some heavy machinery, such as excavators and boomers to drill.

    Kuensel Newspaper 2010

  • There are many different types of equipment that fall in this category, such as excavators, backhoe loaders, dump trucks, and even loaders.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows crystalcane36 2010

  • Telco Construction Equipment Company (Telcon), in which Tata Motors holds 60 percent stake and Hitachi 40 percent, supplies a wide range of construction equipment such as excavators, mining shovels and dumpers to the construction and earth-moving sector.

    The Financial Express 2010

  • A top Bhutanese contractor, who agreed, said all they required was some heavy machinery, such as excavators and boomers to drill.

    Kuensel Newspaper 2010

  • Heating oil is the same as what's called "off-road" diesel fuel, used to power objects such as excavators and generators.

    San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2010

  • There were the distances that enfolded every feature of the landscape and there was the force of geologic time, out there somewhere, the string grids of excavators searching for weathered bone.

    Excerpt: Point Omega by Don DeLillo 2010

  • SLCE A rendering of the 31-story tower being constructed on 11th Avenue Thirty-seven years later, the roar of excavators and drill rigs can finally be heard.

    After 37 Years, Gotham West Site Is Rising Josh Barbanel 2011

  • But Komatsu executives expect some improvement in demand for excavators later this year.

    Economy Clips Factories James R. Hagerty 2011

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