as in marsh
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
The goal is to restore some of the biodiversity that disappeared when the river's natural marshlands were replaced by seawalls and development.
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Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
The surrounding marshland vegetation provides essential habitat for the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse and Ridgway’s rail.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
The Gilbert family prodded the authorities to continue searching for Shannan Gilbert, and on December 13, 2011, her remains were found in the Oak Beach marshlands.
—Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Beaches here mainly exist on barrier islands separated from the mainland by marshland or tidal rivers, so each island has a character of its own.
—Stephanie Burt, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026
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Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
The surrounding marshland vegetation provides essential habitat for the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse and Ridgway’s rail.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
The Gilbert family prodded the authorities to continue searching for Shannan Gilbert, and on December 13, 2011, her remains were found in the Oak Beach marshlands.
—Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Beaches here mainly exist on barrier islands separated from the mainland by marshland or tidal rivers, so each island has a character of its own.
—Stephanie Burt, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marshland
Noun
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Iraq’s reservoirs are often near depletion, its southern waterways are dying, and its marshes remain imperilled by the oil industry.—
Nabil Salih,
Time,
4 Dec. 2025
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This would be especially useful in hard-to-access forests, like the black ash marshes of northern Minnesota.—
Cole Premo,
CBS News,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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But those factors are irrelevant to the question of whether Silverman receives a wetlands permit, the first major step in winning a go-ahead to build.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
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That licking instinct may have led Jacobs’s elk to an area known as Flag Swamp, a one-acre wetland filled with blue flag irises and shrubby willow trees.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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These many watering holes are reflective of the Lone Star state's varied geographic regions, from bald cypress swamps to mountainous desert lakes.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
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From the pine forests and black swamps to the marsh flats and on to the Gulf, the refuge burgeons with life in ways hard to explain to someone who hasn’t been there.—
Jeff VanderMeer,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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“Marshland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marshland. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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