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spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
grasses, sedges, and rushes are the plant species most commonly found in marshlands
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Recent Examples of marshland
Maher’s cover, which debuted last month, featured her standing almost defiantly on a dock on Fire Island Beach in Bellport, New York, with blue water and green-yellow marshland behind her.
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Frankie De La Cretaz, Them, 10 Oct. 2024
The plan is to convert 65 flood-prone acres and the lowest quality farmland to tidal marshland similar to what existed a century or more ago, while leaving farming on the rest.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
Photo : Kiawah Island The home overlooks the marshland.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 18 July 2024
Kendall-Frost has the only remaining marshland in Mission Bay Park, which was essentially all marshland before it was aggressively dredged after World War II to create what city officials call the world’s largest aquatic park.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
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Frankie De La Cretaz, Them, 10 Oct. 2024
The plan is to convert 65 flood-prone acres and the lowest quality farmland to tidal marshland similar to what existed a century or more ago, while leaving farming on the rest.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
Photo : Kiawah Island The home overlooks the marshland.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 18 July 2024
Kendall-Frost has the only remaining marshland in Mission Bay Park, which was essentially all marshland before it was aggressively dredged after World War II to create what city officials call the world’s largest aquatic park.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marshland
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Raised railroad tracks and a Nike missile site upset the natural flow of the marshes and wetlands.Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
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The entire film takes place in a marsh where two women — a mother and a daughter-in-law — make their living by murdering samurai who wander into their swampy territory and selling the warriors' armor for cash.Katie Rife, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2024
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And that comes as the loss of wetlands has accelerated, and critical protections have eased.Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
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These wetlands mimic conditions found in TB patients' lungs: acidic, low in nutrients, and oxygen-deprived.Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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The Daily Mail moreover published photos which purported to show DeGeneres’s property left in a swamp of flood water.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
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On a trek through the forest, Nora’s guide signalled for the group to stop near the bank of a swamp.Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Marshland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marshland. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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