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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The hotel has 180 guest rooms, offering views of the cityscape and Lake Michigan.
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Mariette Williams, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
Select holiday decorations and support a good cause, get a selfie with Old St. Nick, watch model trains track through cityscapes and landscapes, take a holiday shopping break or watch a tree lighting ceremony.
—John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
So for Babylonia City, my thinking was that a big, busy cityscape would lend itself to characters’ expressions of their personalities.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
Three bedrooms and four bathrooms span its nearly 4,000 square feet, which offers south-facing vistas of the cityscape.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
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Mariette Williams, Essence, 6 Dec. 2024
Select holiday decorations and support a good cause, get a selfie with Old St. Nick, watch model trains track through cityscapes and landscapes, take a holiday shopping break or watch a tree lighting ceremony.
—John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
So for Babylonia City, my thinking was that a big, busy cityscape would lend itself to characters’ expressions of their personalities.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
Three bedrooms and four bathrooms span its nearly 4,000 square feet, which offers south-facing vistas of the cityscape.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Cityscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cityscape. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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