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BergnounAlban 1885–1935, Austrian composer, noted for bringing expressive emotion to the twelve-tone technique.
berg
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[burg]
/ bɜrg /
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Oceanography.
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[berg, ber k, burg]
/ bɛrg, bɛrk, bɜrg /
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Alban 1885–1935, Austrian composer, noted for bringing expressive emotion to the twelve-tone technique.
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Patricia Jane Patty, 1918–2006, U.S. golfer: a founding member of the LPGA.
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Paul, 1926–2023, U.S. biochemist: shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980.
Berg
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/ bɜːɡ, bɛrk /
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Alban ( Maria Johannes ) (ˈalbaːn). 1885–1935, Austrian composer: a pupil of Schoenberg. His works include the operas Wozzeck (1921) and Lulu (1935), a violin concerto (1935), chamber works, and songs
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Paul . born 1926, US molecular biologist, the first to identify transfer RNA (1956). Nobel prize for chemistry 1980
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/ bɜːɡ /
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berg
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/ bɜːɡ /
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Etymology
Origin of berg
First recorded in 1815–25; by shortening
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After separating from the glacier, the berg moved down Petermann Fjord toward Nares Strait at an average speed of about 3 kilometers per day during its first week.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Milder air temperatures will create surface melt ponds that drain through the berg, helping to open up fractures.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024
“It is amazing to see this huge berg in person — it stretches as far as the eye can see.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
But that was before a mammoth berg started meandering northward from Antarctica.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
The erosion continues until the berg flips again, and then again, and eventually it is eroded and melted away.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
"There's always a lot of lobbying, and ultimately perhaps also attempts to exert pressure on the committee," the secretary of the Nobel committee, Kristian Berg Harpviken, told AFP in an interview.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Australia wing Joseph-Aukuso Sua'ali'i was then sin-binned as well to leave Australia three men down and replacement scrum-half Morne van den Berg scrambled in to cut the lead to 11 points.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
That friendly could potentially give the likes of Nathan Collins and Sepp van den Berg a chance to return to action, with the rest of the squad made up of under-21 players.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The in vivo experiments and neurophysiological validation were performed in close collaboration with Associate Professor Rune W. Berg of the University of Copenhagen and Associate Professor Rob C. Wykes from University College London.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
He was startled when the Berg suddenly jolted to a stop.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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