as in city
a thickly settled, highly populated area
moved from a small town into a much bigger burg
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Over his time with William Pitt Sotheby’s, Smith averaged 12 residential sales a year in the monied burgs of Westport, Weston, and Wilton.
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Sal Cataldi, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2024
Ethic Cider is a cidery located in Sebastopol – a pleasant burg in Sonoma County famed for its Gravenstein apples – that practices regenerative agriculture or techniques that improve soil health and climate resilience.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
For six weeks in the summer, this little burg becomes something like the classical-music capital of the world.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Aug. 2023
It's held in the uber-charming burg of Pacific Grove, and the drive along Ocean View Boulevard out to the site at Pacific Grove Golf Links serves up the kind of scenery the peninsula is famous for: rocky shoreline dotted with cypress trees.
—Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
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Sal Cataldi, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2024
Ethic Cider is a cidery located in Sebastopol – a pleasant burg in Sonoma County famed for its Gravenstein apples – that practices regenerative agriculture or techniques that improve soil health and climate resilience.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
For six weeks in the summer, this little burg becomes something like the classical-music capital of the world.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Aug. 2023
It's held in the uber-charming burg of Pacific Grove, and the drive along Ocean View Boulevard out to the site at Pacific Grove Golf Links serves up the kind of scenery the peninsula is famous for: rocky shoreline dotted with cypress trees.
—Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burg. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.
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