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 Dense forests, bogs, and marshes create a rich habitat for wildlife—from trumpeter swans and bald eagles to deer and bears. Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2025 The river had shallows, marshes, sandbars, oxbows, eddies, weed flats and drop offs, all of which created nurseries, hiding spots and ambush points for a food chain that included aquatic bugs, frogs, fish, turtles, alligators, deer, otters, panthers and eagles. Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025 Some old-fashioned fishermen, used to working in the marshes, were aghast at the scale of the take. Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025 Diverting corn from grocery stores to gas tanks pushes up commodity prices—which, in turn, encourages farmers to convert forests and marshes into cropland. Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for marsh
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  • Clocking in at 3,200 square feet and surrounded by 1,100 acres of wetlands, grasses, and native prairie wildflowers, the almost-ranch-style house is distinctly boxy and sprawls across the property.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
  • This sanctuary consists of roughly 24 acres of wetlands, grasslands and forest.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
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  • Trump joked about the dangers of the swamp, the Florida GOP is selling hats and t-shirts bearing the facility’s name, and one of the president’s advisors implied that all U.S. Latinos should be fed to alligators.
    Time, Time, 17 July 2025
  • In the final stories of Mother to Men, Sodality reckons with the council’s refusal to deal with a swamp full of brackish water that is causing typhus: the council says that the expense outweighs any potential gain.
    Deborah Williams July 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025

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“Marsh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marsh. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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