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Recent Examples of fen
Commoners relied on swamps, fens, forests, and heaths for fuel, gravel, stone, and wood to make tools and to build and repair houses.
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Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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Ferris Jabr,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2024
Bogs and fens are areas that accumulate peat – deposits of dead and partly decomposed plant materials that form organic-rich soil.
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Jon Sweetman,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2022
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
The goal was to help preserve and protect the delicate valley and its fens.
—
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
Bogs and fens are areas that accumulate peat – deposits of dead and partly decomposed plant materials that form organic-rich soil.
—
Jon Sweetman,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fen
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Marshy has over eight miles of trails through marshes and coastal forest adjacent to Dundee and Saltpeter Creeks.
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Concerns of a serial killer first emerged in late 2010 after the disappearance of Shannan Gilbert, a 23-year-old woman who placed panicked 911 calls from the Oak Beach community before vanishing into the surrounding marsh.
Noun
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With this growth came the construction of new factories, freeways and high-rise condos, while devastated wetlands once inhabited by cranes were systematically drained and repurposed for human use, never to return.
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Taulant Bino stands along a desolate dirt road surrounded on both sides by wetland.
Noun
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Air quality officials also recommend using an air purifier if available and avoiding the use of whole-house fans or swamp coolers that can draw outdoor air inside.
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For millions of years between 350 and 280 million years ago (about 30 million years before the first dinosaurs), these croc-like animals ruled the rivers, swamps, and lakes of the ancient world.
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“Fen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fen. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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