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burgs

noun

plural of burg

as in cities

a thickly settled, highly populated area moved from a small town into a much bigger burg

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Recent Examples of burgs That’s when the pop-up Pound4Pound Grilled Burgers typically arrives to grill up some fabulous-looking ‘burgs. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026 Franchises in other burgs can apparently go weeks, even months, without making headlines about matters other than wins and losses. — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas Morning News, 31 Mar. 2026 New faces are finding them, from Bokey locals and folks from outer-burgs like Debary and DeLand to longtime regulars from Kissimmee and Lake Nona. — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025 The North Shore Scenic Drive stretches along the shore from Canal Park in Duluth, Minnesota, through lovely burgs and placid woodlands and onto to the international border at Grand Portage. — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

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Others are already moving confidently through modern cities, studying, working and shaping lives increasingly separate from traditional expectations.

— PhotoVogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
Despite their apparent effectiveness at deterring speeding, cities have been slow to embrace rest in red.

— Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of cities

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The coastal towns of Calpe and Dénia, where every winter almost all of professional cycling’s teams are based for their pre-season training camps, are 25 miles away.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
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— Kaitlin Marks, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of towns

Noun

With fewer crowds than Spain’s main metropolises, a slower pace sets the tone for a sojourn meant to be savored.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Copenhagen topped the Economist Intelligence Unit’s ranking of the world’s most livable cities for the second year in a row, though Chinese metropolises made the largest gains.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 8 July 2026

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