Etymology
Origin of supercity
Example Sentences
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There to meet him was a gaggle of journalists from around the world who had assembled for the hitmaker's latest launch: a supercity packed with stunning architecture.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2022
I’m not suggesting that we should build an American version of Saudi Arabia’s planned desert supercity just east of the Bighorn Range.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2022
It is the supercity, the megalopolis, infected by a kind of social cancer that is metastasizing out of control.
From Time Magazine Archive
He includes an illustration of a supercity proposed by Buckminster Fuller that looks like a pyramid but lacks any perceptible improvement in living conditions.
From Time Magazine Archive
The emerging era of the supercity, Cox argues, grows out of town culture, but is qualitatively different; it is characterized by automation and mass communication, superhighway mobility, and the anonymity demanded by high-rise living.
From Time Magazine Archive
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