as in marshes
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
a day spent trudging through the fens in quest of game birds
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Recent Examples of fens
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
Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fens
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Beaches, marshes, wet fields, and pond edges across the South can become temporary rest stops for these long-distance migrants.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
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In some ways, the Golden State Warriors are just like those big, bold and proud ibises running the marshes of Florida.—
Jannelle Moore,
Mercury News,
16 Feb. 2026
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In the Sentinel-2 satellites' orbital view, Doñana's wetlands appear as shifting patches of dark blue and violet, signatures of shallow water spread across the park's floodplain.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Throughout the years, the city built wetlands as part of a stormwater management facility and eventually a future park.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2026
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No colonial power had ever controlled the swamps and savannas of the interior—an alien land of lagoons, glade marshes, prairies, and hardwood thickets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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During the Holocaust, many Jews hid in the Białowieża Forest, constructing shelters from natural materials or hunkering down in swamps.—
Elizabeth Flock,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Fens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fens. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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