as in wetlands
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 marshes
Those windmills stood on mud and marshes amid samphire and pink thrift flowers, the only warm glow around our house.
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Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Then look to the beach to spot shorebirds such as seagulls and pelicans, while the marshes on the island’s backside are frequented by herons, egrets, and ibis.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
According to The Nature Conservancy's Katie Riley, California has lost at least 90% of the lakes and marshes that were once layover spots, thanks to urban growth, modern agriculture, and climate change.
—David Pogue, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
Throughout the marshes and along sandy beaches, visitors will see pelicans wading around piers with their gular pouches full of fish.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
Iraq’s reservoirs are often near depletion, its southern waterways are dying, and its marshes remain imperilled by the oil industry.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Workers are putting the finishing touches on a three-year effort to restore 435 acres of former industrial salt evaporation ponds to natural wetlands and tidal marshes, along with building new public bayfront hiking trails.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
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
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
Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Then look to the beach to spot shorebirds such as seagulls and pelicans, while the marshes on the island’s backside are frequented by herons, egrets, and ibis.
—Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
According to The Nature Conservancy's Katie Riley, California has lost at least 90% of the lakes and marshes that were once layover spots, thanks to urban growth, modern agriculture, and climate change.
—David Pogue, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
Throughout the marshes and along sandy beaches, visitors will see pelicans wading around piers with their gular pouches full of fish.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
Iraq’s reservoirs are often near depletion, its southern waterways are dying, and its marshes remain imperilled by the oil industry.
—Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Workers are putting the finishing touches on a three-year effort to restore 435 acres of former industrial salt evaporation ponds to natural wetlands and tidal marshes, along with building new public bayfront hiking trails.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marshes
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The report finds that rivers are running dry, lakes and wetlands are disappearing and groundwater is being pumped faster than it can be replenished — putting billions of people and much of global food production at risk.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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The wetlands lie just west of Northwest 137th Avenue, wedged between urban Miami-Dade and the sprawling Everglades water-conservation area.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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They can be found in nutrient-poor environments such as bogs, swamps and acidic wetlands, where plants have had no choice but to evolve an alternative strategy for survival.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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The bald cypress is native to much of the Gulf Coast and across riverine swamps of the Deep South.—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Marshes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marshes. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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