as in wetland
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
the marshes along the coast support a remarkable profusion of plants and animals
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Recent Examples of marsh
The area was a popular vacation destination for wealthy Southern families, with homes overlooking the sea and a nearby marsh.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 May 2025
Their natural habitat is near ponds, marshes, rivers, and lakes.
—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
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 May 2025
Their natural habitat is near ponds, marshes, rivers, and lakes.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marsh
Noun
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The empty shoreline where volunteers worked in May was previously a thick mangrove wetland, before Hurricane Ian devastated the Fort Myers area in 2022.—
Christina Kelso,
New York Times,
24 June 2025
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In the long term, Caltrans has a plan to replace the current road with an elevated causeway that would move vehicles above the wetlands below.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
23 June 2025
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Habitats can change, too; should someone drain that Sudbury shrub swamp, the Appalachian Brown would disappear.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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This prehistoric swamp will enchant you even before the mind-melting sunset begins.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
29 May 2025
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“Marsh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marsh. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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