as in marshes
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 marshlands
The protagonist is a nine-year-old girl named Lamia (Baneen Ahmad Nayyef), who lives with her grandmother (Waheed Thabet Khreibat), in a mudhif, a house of twisted reeds, in Iraq’s southern marshlands.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
Consider the Wildland Trust Trails in Plymouth for flatter hikes through and past marshlands and other coastal sites.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
Native to the marshlands of central Wisconsin, Native Americans have harvested cranberries for centuries.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Once settled, campers can follow the Shoreline Trail from camp to make a loop around Turtle Back Hill, a promontory that juts out into a brackish, intertidal salt marshlands.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
So with nothing to stop them, the birds flew to nearby marshlands and began reproducing.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
The rooms boast honey oak floors, custom mint green accents and expansive private porches that invite guests to unwind while taking in sweeping views of the serene marshlands, where the sun rises and sets in a brilliant display of light and color.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
Consider the Wildland Trust Trails in Plymouth for flatter hikes through and past marshlands and other coastal sites.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
Native to the marshlands of central Wisconsin, Native Americans have harvested cranberries for centuries.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Once settled, campers can follow the Shoreline Trail from camp to make a loop around Turtle Back Hill, a promontory that juts out into a brackish, intertidal salt marshlands.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
So with nothing to stop them, the birds flew to nearby marshlands and began reproducing.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
The rooms boast honey oak floors, custom mint green accents and expansive private porches that invite guests to unwind while taking in sweeping views of the serene marshlands, where the sun rises and sets in a brilliant display of light and color.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marshlands
Noun
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An industrial landscape gives way to vast marshes spliced by curving waterways.—
Kara Newman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens In the coastal marshes of North Carolina, in a fictional town called Barkley Cove, lives Kya Clark.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Ballona wetlands had just been designated a state ecological reserve in 2005, but at the time there was concern the area wouldn’t be managed properly.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Last Thursday, the city’s inland-wetlands commission voted 6-1 in favor of the developer, giving a green light for the project to move ahead.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But otherwise, the kids were free to roam around Iron River, playing football in their front yard and basketball on the playground, or cutting through woods and swamps.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
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Much of that wildlife is concentrated within Corcovado National Park, 163-plus-square-miles of tropical forest, mangrove swamps, and beaches.—
Laura Kiniry,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Marshlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marshlands. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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