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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Also, wolf scat has been found containing plastic and other material that could only have come from garbage cans and city dumps.Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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In August, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 2018 Martin v. Boise ruling, allowing cities to cite and move homeless people off public land without first offering a shelter bed.Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
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This season, Juan moves from Colombia to join his fiancée Jessica, their baby son and soon-to-be stepsons in a sleepy town in Wyoming.Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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What fictional town does Pretty Little Liars take place in?Alex Vance, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
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What’s more - the metropolis wasn’t built with megafires from a new geologic era whipped by hurricane-force winds in mind, either.Eric Mack, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Photos by Jun Michael Park The Afar guide to Busan Seoul may glitter with K-pop and Gangnam style, but Korea’s second-largest metropolis sparkles in its own way.Peggy Orenstein, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Burg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burg. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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