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Recent Examples of fen
The goal was to help preserve and protect the delicate valley and its fens.
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2025
Out in the wild, the queen-of-the-prairie grows in moist black soil prairies and meadows, fens, seeps and springs.
—Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Saving a satyr The property features a peat-bearing wetland called a fen, and the Mitchell’s satyr is only found in these rare habitats that take thousands of years to develop.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
Earth’s earliest wildfires may have been fitful and erratic, flickering among the amphibious flora of fens and bogs.
—Ferris Jabr, The Atlantic, 25 June 2024
They can be found on all continents and are classified into bogs, fens and swamps.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
But after decades of habitat destruction, these handsome insects are now fragmented and locally extinct, holding out in the wettest fens, valleys, and peat bogs of the New Forest and Dorset.
—Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
John Meyer, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2025
Out in the wild, the queen-of-the-prairie grows in moist black soil prairies and meadows, fens, seeps and springs.
—Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Saving a satyr The property features a peat-bearing wetland called a fen, and the Mitchell’s satyr is only found in these rare habitats that take thousands of years to develop.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
Earth’s earliest wildfires may have been fitful and erratic, flickering among the amphibious flora of fens and bogs.
—Ferris Jabr, The Atlantic, 25 June 2024
They can be found on all continents and are classified into bogs, fens and swamps.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
But after decades of habitat destruction, these handsome insects are now fragmented and locally extinct, holding out in the wettest fens, valleys, and peat bogs of the New Forest and Dorset.
—Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fen
Noun
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Systems to better protect oceans, coastal marshes and mangroves will also be on the agenda, as well as an emphasis on the indigenous people who live on and manage much of the world’s natural places.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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One of the hits of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, helmer Hadi’s poignant feature debut follows an impoverished girl living with her grandmother in the Mesopotamian marshes during the Saddam Hussein regime.—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The drought has also set the stage for devastating wildfires in Brazil that have destroyed huge swaths of the Amazon as well as the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands, and choked cities in thick smoke.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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After the water leaves the wetlands, it’s directed into the reservoir, then sent to TRWD’s municipal customers for final treatment.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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As officers continued the search, local Herb Yancy offered up his boat to help after Kraviec saw movement in the swamp.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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After a brief debate, the group settles on the swamp.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Fen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fen. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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