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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Recent Examples of wetland
However, Pixar's top brass have previously revealed that the film follows a young human woman who jumps into the body of a synthetic beaver and embeds herself with the local beaver population to prevent the destruction of her local wetlands.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 20 June 2025
By Evie Carrick Spanning more than 800 square miles of wetlands, Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States—a place where land and water blur into one.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
The anhinga is a long-necked and long-tailed swimmer most often seen in lakes, ponds, rivers, coasts and wetlands in Florida, Texas, the mid-Atlantic and southeast U.S., according to the National Audubon Society.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 12 June 2025
Start the morning kayaking in the Morro Bay Estuary, an 800-acre wetland with salt marshes and mudflats.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 20 June 2025
By Evie Carrick Spanning more than 800 square miles of wetlands, Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States—a place where land and water blur into one.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2025
The anhinga is a long-necked and long-tailed swimmer most often seen in lakes, ponds, rivers, coasts and wetlands in Florida, Texas, the mid-Atlantic and southeast U.S., according to the National Audubon Society.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 12 June 2025
Start the morning kayaking in the Morro Bay Estuary, an 800-acre wetland with salt marshes and mudflats.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wetland
Noun
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Their natural habitat is near ponds, marshes, rivers, and lakes.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
11 June 2025
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Alligators are common in North Carolina American alligators occur naturally in North Carolina, according to North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and can be found inhabiting bay lakes, rivers, creeks, marshes, swamps and ponds.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Habitats can change, too; should someone drain that Sudbury shrub swamp, the Appalachian Brown would disappear.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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This prehistoric swamp will enchant you even before the mind-melting sunset begins.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
29 May 2025
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“Wetland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wetland. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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