as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
grasses, sedges, and rushes are the plant species most commonly found in marshlands
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Recent Examples of marshland
The goal is to restore some of the biodiversity that disappeared when the river's natural marshlands were replaced by seawalls and development.
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Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
The surrounding marshland vegetation provides essential habitat for the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse and Ridgway’s rail.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
The Gilbert family prodded the authorities to continue searching for Shannan Gilbert, and on December 13, 2011, her remains were found in the Oak Beach marshlands.
—Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Beaches here mainly exist on barrier islands separated from the mainland by marshland or tidal rivers, so each island has a character of its own.
—Stephanie Burt, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026
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Jacob Wycoff, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
The surrounding marshland vegetation provides essential habitat for the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse and Ridgway’s rail.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2026
The Gilbert family prodded the authorities to continue searching for Shannan Gilbert, and on December 13, 2011, her remains were found in the Oak Beach marshlands.
—Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Beaches here mainly exist on barrier islands separated from the mainland by marshland or tidal rivers, so each island has a character of its own.
—Stephanie Burt, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marshland
Noun
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Walleye anglers should also try using frogs as bait in autumn, near places where marshes join the main lake.—
Chad Mason,
Outdoor Life,
3 June 2026
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Their natural habitat is near ponds, marshes, rivers, and lakes.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
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The plaintiffs stressed that the detention center had been put in a freshwater wetland near Everglades National Park, a pristine ecosystem inhabited by dozens of threatened or endangered species and not far from a Miccosukee village.—
Eric Schlosser,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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This involved a weekslong search of the wetlands surrounding the launch site at Cape Canaveral for pieces of the booster.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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The Washington swamp keeps growing, under both Democrats and Republicans, most of whom ignore the limits our smart Founders put into our Constitution.—
John Stossel,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Sumatran orangutans live in the rainforests and swamps on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
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“Marshland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marshland. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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