often attributive
: a tract of soft wet land usually characterized by monocotyledons (such as grasses or cattails)
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a wide expanse of marsh
the marshes along the coast support a remarkable profusion of plants and animals
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Their natural habitat is near ponds, marshes, rivers, and lakes.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 June 2025
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
The President’s Cake centers on 9-year-old Lamia (Banin Ahmad Nayef), who lives in the Mesopotamian marshes with her very independent grandmother, Bibi (Waheed Thabet Khreibat), who has tutored Lamia in how not to be selected.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 May 2025
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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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 June 2025
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
The President’s Cake centers on 9-year-old Lamia (Banin Ahmad Nayef), who lives in the Mesopotamian marshes with her very independent grandmother, Bibi (Waheed Thabet Khreibat), who has tutored Lamia in how not to be selected.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 May 2025
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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“Marsh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marsh. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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marsh
noun
: an area of soft wet land usually overgrown by grasses and sedges
marshy
adjective
ˈmär-shē
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