as in bottomland
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Recent Examples of tidewater
And this piece by Times staff writer Lila Seidman about a group of biologists saving hundreds of tidewater goby reminded me how cute fish can be.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Topanga Creek, a biodiversity hot spot that drains into the Santa Monica Bay, is the last refuge for the coastal range’s steelhead and supports a population of tidewater gobies recently estimated to be in the tens of thousands.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The five-hour Valdez trip is the shortest of three kayaking day trips Anadyr offers—the others visit Columbia, the second-largest tidewater glacier on the continent, and Shoup—along with multiday kayak camping trips.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
The 1,500-acre tidewater plantation was originally purchased in 1793 by Major Pierce Butler, a signer of the United States Constitution whose grandsons—Pierce Mease Butler and John Mease Butler—inherited the property and the people enslaved there.
—Melissa L. Cooper, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Topanga Creek, a biodiversity hot spot that drains into the Santa Monica Bay, is the last refuge for the coastal range’s steelhead and supports a population of tidewater gobies recently estimated to be in the tens of thousands.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The five-hour Valdez trip is the shortest of three kayaking day trips Anadyr offers—the others visit Columbia, the second-largest tidewater glacier on the continent, and Shoup—along with multiday kayak camping trips.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
The 1,500-acre tidewater plantation was originally purchased in 1793 by Major Pierce Butler, a signer of the United States Constitution whose grandsons—Pierce Mease Butler and John Mease Butler—inherited the property and the people enslaved there.
—Melissa L. Cooper, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tidewater
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Most worked on farms — including harvesting potatoes on about 2,000 acres of Missouri River bottomland.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2025
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Often, deer that bed in flatter creek or river bottomlands bed close to the water.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
19 Dec. 2024
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West Virginia sits atop the Marcellus Shale basin, which holds 141 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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After each round of full-body exfoliation, a giant basin of warm water was dumped over my body, like I was being baptized.—
Anna Haines,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2025
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Roughly 230 million years ago, a group of alligator-sized amphibians convened on a floodplain in what is now west-central Wyoming.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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Modeling shows that up to 20,000 homes in Brisbane, a city largely built on a river floodplain, could experience some level of flooding.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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Wind gusts up to 35 mph will be possible on the plains through Sunday evening and stronger winds are forecast for Monday afternoon.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2025
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Low visibility and high winds have caused multiple crashes across the south plains in Texas.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
14 Mar. 2025
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Nearly everything on the site is 40 percent off, including beachy pants, breathable dresses, and trendy flats.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Apr. 2025
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Dress it up with block heels for the office or down with ballet flats or sneakers for brunch.—
Claire Harmeyer,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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The Romans established Londinium just north of the river’s marshy valley after invading Britain in 43 C.E. Colossal wooden quays stood on the ancient settlement’s riverbank.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2025
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Saving a satyr The property features a peat-bearing wetland called a fen, and the Mitchell’s satyr is only found in these rare habitats that take thousands of years to develop.—
Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
31 Dec. 2024
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Earth’s earliest wildfires may have been fitful and erratic, flickering among the amphibious flora of fens and bogs.—
Ferris Jabr,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2024
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“Tidewater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidewater. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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