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
The latest proposal offered over 150 acres of wetlands preservation and buildings that exceed the maximum height of 60 feet for that area — some as tall as 150 feet — in an effort to cluster development and minimize environmental impact.
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Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025
Increasing Mission Bay’s vanishing wetlands uniquely meets all these criteria and constraints, using funds already earmarked by voters specifically for this purpose.
—Jim Peugh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Salton Sea: In the May 25 California section, an article about efforts to create new wetlands at the Salton Sea referred to double-crested cormorants as double-breasted cormorants.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Or the new bridge could host floating wetlands that could filter pollutants, like the ones installed at Baltimore’s National Aquarium nearby.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
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Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025
Increasing Mission Bay’s vanishing wetlands uniquely meets all these criteria and constraints, using funds already earmarked by voters specifically for this purpose.
—Jim Peugh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
Salton Sea: In the May 25 California section, an article about efforts to create new wetlands at the Salton Sea referred to double-crested cormorants as double-breasted cormorants.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Or the new bridge could host floating wetlands that could filter pollutants, like the ones installed at Baltimore’s National Aquarium nearby.
—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wetland
Noun
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Fifteen minutes outside of downtown Boulder, Colorado, sandwiched between a golf course and a marsh, is Congregation Bonai Shalom.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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Before its use as a dump, the land beneath the depot was a marsh along the now-subterranean Givan Creek, which empties into nearby Eastchester Bay.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
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But the effect of duration swamps the measurement: that’s why the bTRIMP graph above shows the 60-minute easy run (LIT) as the workout with the biggest training load.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
5 June 2025
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The Atchafalaya River Basin is the country’s largest river swamp.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
24 May 2025
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“Wetland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wetland. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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