cityscape
noun
city·scape
ˈsi-tē-ˌskāp 
1
: a city viewed as a scene
2
: an artistic representation of a city
3
: an urban environment
a cityscape cluttered with factories
Examples of cityscape in a Sentence
The cityscape is cluttered with factories.
a photographer who does mostly cityscapes
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Great back-to-basics cartooning set against great cityscapes of Prague.
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Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
The sweet-and-spicy works of art — from cityscapes to windmills— are now on display through Jan. 5 at the hotel and throughout the city.
—Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
There’s no overstating the impact Blade Runner had on future visions of science-fiction dystopias, if not more generally the neo-noir sheen that has become the default look of so many genre films about glittering cityscapes of rain and shadow.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
By the twentieth century, water filtration was synonymous with advanced cityscapes.
—Nina Elkadi, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2024
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Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
The sweet-and-spicy works of art — from cityscapes to windmills— are now on display through Jan. 5 at the hotel and throughout the city.
—Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
There’s no overstating the impact Blade Runner had on future visions of science-fiction dystopias, if not more generally the neo-noir sheen that has become the default look of so many genre films about glittering cityscapes of rain and shadow.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
By the twentieth century, water filtration was synonymous with advanced cityscapes.
—Nina Elkadi, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Cityscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cityscape. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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