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
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.
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Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2024
Like many of the other blokes in his burg, he was much taken by the tales of the Wild West and dreamed of becoming a cowboy.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
Straddling the Missouri River, the burgs called Kansas City are known for a lot of things.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
State of play: Boutique hotels, scene-y restaurants and multimillion-dollar homes are becoming the norm in the once-sleepy burg on the Delaware River.
—Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Nov. 2024
Like many of the other blokes in his burg, he was much taken by the tales of the Wild West and dreamed of becoming a cowboy.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
Straddling the Missouri River, the burgs called Kansas City are known for a lot of things.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
State of play: Boutique hotels, scene-y restaurants and multimillion-dollar homes are becoming the norm in the once-sleepy burg on the Delaware River.
—Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burg
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Read Next West Ada ID bill would let cities fire library directors.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Feb. 2025
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Yes, but: Local restaurant owners can't yet make their monthly meals tax payments via the portal (though that feature is in the works, city spokesperson Ross Catrow tells Axios).—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Eden Vale, Washington, is the sort of solidly middle-class, carefully diverse, generally happy small town that probably only really exists in TV shows but tends to drive a whole lot of them, from Gilmore Girls to Schitt’s Creek to Resident Alien.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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Thousands uprooted by the war in Lebanon have been unable to reach towns occupied by Israel, but some have tried anyway.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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After an introduction from host Trevor Noah, the camera cut to the stage area of the Crypto.com Arena, which was suddenly transformed into the hills and canyons surrounding the California metropolis.—
James Factora,
Them,
3 Feb. 2025
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Romero split her childhood between the sprawling metropolis of Houston and the remote Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burg. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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