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
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Four other escapees have also been captured within New Orleans city limits and are now being held at the maximum security Louisiana State Penitentiary, according to the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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That led to a protracted fight with some of the hotels, the county and the state attorney general regarding how much say city leaders should have over vouchers.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 May 2025
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Located in the Czech town of Brnenec, nearly 100 miles southeast of Prague, the Museum of Survivors held its grand opening on May 10, just after the 80th anniversary of World War II’s end in Europe on May 8, 1945.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 May 2025
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Best places to retire: Lawrence The ultimate college town of Lawrence is 45 minutes west of Kansas City, and hosts 97,000 residents.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
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There’s the mix of distinctive scenery, from the French Quarter to the swamps to deserts, lakes and cities that can stand in for other more expensive metropolises from New York to Taipei.—
Stuart Miller,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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Those studies tended to focus on rapidly subsiding coastal metropolises such as Jakarta, Venice, and New Orleans.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
8 May 2025
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burg. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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