as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
moved from a small town into a much bigger burg
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Recent Examples of burg
Then, filled with admiration for this person who has turned a simple space into a something transcendental, the patron hires Tóth to oversee construction on a community center in the modest burg of Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
The mountains surrounding town keep it relatively isolated, as do the serpentine roads between it and larger burgs.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
On Friday, league commissioner Jessica Berman named our burg one of three finalists for an expansion, a club that would start play in the league — along with Boston’s expansion BOS Nation FC — in 2026.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2024
Dunedin Mix is the rebirth of a beautiful but long-shuttered building set in the, well, MIX of one of the Gulf Coast’s most charming, walkable burgs.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
The mountains surrounding town keep it relatively isolated, as do the serpentine roads between it and larger burgs.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
On Friday, league commissioner Jessica Berman named our burg one of three finalists for an expansion, a club that would start play in the league — along with Boston’s expansion BOS Nation FC — in 2026.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2024
Dunedin Mix is the rebirth of a beautiful but long-shuttered building set in the, well, MIX of one of the Gulf Coast’s most charming, walkable burgs.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burg
Noun
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In a live-and-let-live city that likes to signal its virtues, can empathy and stricter law enforcement go hand-in-hand?—
Jason Motlagh,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2025
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What to know about ticket sales and prices in different cities Tickets initially went on sale for Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter and Rodeo Chitlin' Circuit Tour in February.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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With brick sidewalks and boutiques housed in historic buildings, this town provides a true glimpse into the past.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2025
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That number is quickly dwindling due to depopulation—some towns have not experienced a birth in more than a decade.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2025
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In those nine minutes of footage, the camera meanders through an optimistic, dynamic metropolis where new technologies breed new visions and big plans.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
18 Apr. 2025
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The city, a boomtown in the last decade thanks to the explosion of wealth generated by its homegrown tech industry, has struggled more than almost any other US metropolis to rebound after the Covid-19 pandemic.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burg. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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