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also slew
or slue
as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
the land for miles around the lake is strewn with ponds, sloughs, and mudflats
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as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily
the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball
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also sluff
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Recent Examples of slough
Lauren Dana Ellman, Allure, 30 Nov. 2024
Some are lush with sloughs and tree islands sculpted into teardrop patterns through thousands of years of slow sheet flow.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2025
Selenium sulfide helps slough off flakes and has anti-inflammatory properties.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 12 Feb. 2025
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Noun
As sunflower oil plumps and conditions, salicylic acid sloughs away dead skin and pore-clogging sweat to reveal more radiant, bump-free skin after each wash.
—Lauren Dana Ellman, Allure, 30 Nov. 2024
Some are lush with sloughs and tree islands sculpted into teardrop patterns through thousands of years of slow sheet flow.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Verb
Instead, the acids gently sloughed off the surface layer, leaving my skin looking brighter and feeling smoother.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2025
Selenium sulfide helps slough off flakes and has anti-inflammatory properties.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slough
Noun
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The marshes were drained, in stages, between 1829 and the 1950s, but this remained a remote, sparsely populated place of scattered villages, boar hunting, and driftwood beaches.—
Lee Marshall,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2025
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The loss of these freshwater marshes reduces the capacity of the Everglades to remove phosphorus from the water.—
John Kominoski,
The Conversation,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Statements from the administration suggest that officials want to loosen restrictions on industries discharging pollution and construction debris into wetlands.—
Jeremy Orr,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2025
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The guidance builds on a 2023 Supreme Court decision that removed protections for millions of acres of the country’s wetlands.—
Hayley Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Slough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slough. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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