as in marsh
spongy land saturated or partially covered with water
the conservation board has not always been rigorous in protecting the wetlands from development
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Recent Examples of wetland
The construction of that facility in the remote and ecologically sensitive wetland about 45 miles west of downtown Miami is alarming environmentalists, as well as human rights advocates who have slammed the plan as cruel and inhumane.
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Kate Payne, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The stark visuals: rows of white-tan tents, trailers, and utility pods sitting on a cleared airfield, surrounded by dense wetlands, clouds of mosquitoes and lurking reptiles.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
The Eastern Connecticut Conservation District will restore 11,000 sq ft of critical Atlantic white cedar swamp and other wetland habitat in the Anguilla Brook/Inner Wequetequock Cove Watershed.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
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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Kate Payne, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
The stark visuals: rows of white-tan tents, trailers, and utility pods sitting on a cleared airfield, surrounded by dense wetlands, clouds of mosquitoes and lurking reptiles.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
The Eastern Connecticut Conservation District will restore 11,000 sq ft of critical Atlantic white cedar swamp and other wetland habitat in the Anguilla Brook/Inner Wequetequock Cove Watershed.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wetland
Noun
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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
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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
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That was soon followed by airborne training and then Ranger school, a notoriously grueling nine-week program that includes three weeks each at Fort Benning, in the mountains of Georgia, and in the swamps of Florida.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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The detention camp will place thousands of immigrants in wire cages in a humidity-intense swamp that is all but inaccessible to hospital ambulances, and where the summertime heat index can soar above 100 degrees.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 July 2025
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“Wetland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wetland. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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