"futurama" meaning in English

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          "text": "The great New York World’s Fair of my childhood, erected on top of the garbage dumps that had filled the swamps of old, making marvelous futuramas out of the midden of the present.",
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          "ref": "2006, Roger Carswell, Where Is God in a Messed-up World?, page 61:",
          "text": "The book of Revelation, which describes [John’s glimpse of eternity], has to be the greatest futurama of all time.",
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          "text": "With its emphasis on technology, its ebullient optimism, and boundless claims for design’s responsibility and power, MC is a cross between a world’s fair, a futurama, and a technology expo.",
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