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marsh

noun

ˈmärsh

Definition of marsh

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 landfill, a former marsh that is separated from San Francisco Bay by an earthen levee, first became an garbage dump in 1938. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 Smaller marshes are proposed at the Tecolote Creek outfall and at East Shores south of the visitor center. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 The land features rich biological diversity such as marshes, mudflats and riparian and coastal sage scrub, including sensitive, threatened or endangered species such as the California gnatcatcher and the fairy shrimp. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2026 Much of Corona, Flushing, Elmhurst, and East Elmhurst were built on low-lying marshes and meadows along the once four-mile-long Flushing River. — Len Maniace, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for marsh

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At the southern end of the Everglades, where marshes and coastal wetlands are most starved for freshwater, peat has started to collapse, ripping open the shallow sawgrass marshes to leave behind deeper pits of open water.

— Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
There are also wetlands, woodlands, savannahs, and mountain bush.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2026

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Spending more time crafting weak-salsa anti-Latino jokes than improving the lives of Latinos — that’s the racist swamp the president and his team happily fester in.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
They can also be found in a variety of habitats, including forests, grasslands, scrub brush, swamps and deserts.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

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