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
Noun
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On Tuesday night, Lawrence city commissioners approved various financial incentives the Jayhawks needed for phase two of the project.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
13 Aug. 2025
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California has been a key battleground state for immigration enforcement operations after Trump ordered federal agents to ramp up arrests in Democratic cities.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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And then the big, bad Brewers came to town and left it like, well, Sherman left Atlanta.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Like, to him, his world was just however many miles within the radius of his town. ...—
Terry Gross,
NPR,
18 Aug. 2025
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The metropolis of millions is facing a water crisis, 21 July, 2025, Iran, Tehran.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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Another new addition to the animal-run metropolis of Zootopia is Nibbles Maplestick, a beaver voiced by comedian and actress Fortune Feimster.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burg. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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