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
Funny to see that little burg hit the national news.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025
Spink believed relocation of some of baseball’s lesser-drawing teams was possible, and there was a vast nation of growing burgs with their arms (and wallets) open.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Two teeny Texas burgs made the list for their preservation of western culture.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2025
Most big burgs saw sizable year-over-year jumps in traffic delays last year, with five of them enduring double-digit increases.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025
Spink believed relocation of some of baseball’s lesser-drawing teams was possible, and there was a vast nation of growing burgs with their arms (and wallets) open.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Two teeny Texas burgs made the list for their preservation of western culture.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2025
Most big burgs saw sizable year-over-year jumps in traffic delays last year, with five of them enduring double-digit increases.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burg
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According to Retirement Living, here are the 10 best cities to retire in California: 1.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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An Israeli source told CNN on Friday morning that Witkoff had arrived at the aid site in the southern city of Rafah that is run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).—
Ibrahim Dahman,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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Besides individuals, the money belongs to non-profit organizations, hospitals, schools, cities and towns, and small businesses, among others.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
25 July 2025
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Deputies responded to a residence in Hilliard, a small town northwest of Jacksonville, around 8 p.m. Thursday, but got no response from anyone inside and found multiple shooting victims upon entering, Leeper said.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
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This find is the first time a Caracol king has been identified over the decades of research at the site, which was a dominant Maya metropolis before its abandonment by 900 AD.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Shanghai is the third-largest city in the world, with a population of just over 40 million, and is one of the most vibrant metropolises in the country.—
John Wogan,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burg. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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