as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
the conservation board has not always been rigorous in protecting the wetlands from development
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In December of 2024, community organizations sued Texas, alleging wastewater from SpaceX launchpads was washing into nearby wetlands.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Under her bill, AB 303, new ones also would be prohibited in the state’s coastal zone, on earthquake faults, prime farmland, wetlands, hazardous waste sites, and in very high fire hazard severity zones on Cal Fire maps.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Recently, justices have limited the agency’s authority on issues including greenhouse gas emissions and wetland protection.
—Stan Meiburg, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
Renderings show the school as a network of low glassy buildings with pitched roofs, surrounded by palms and, concerningly, what looks like a wetland.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Jan. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Under her bill, AB 303, new ones also would be prohibited in the state’s coastal zone, on earthquake faults, prime farmland, wetlands, hazardous waste sites, and in very high fire hazard severity zones on Cal Fire maps.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Recently, justices have limited the agency’s authority on issues including greenhouse gas emissions and wetland protection.
—Stan Meiburg, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
Renderings show the school as a network of low glassy buildings with pitched roofs, surrounded by palms and, concerningly, what looks like a wetland.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wetland
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“Wetland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wetland. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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