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landmark

[land-mahrk] / ˈlændˌmɑrk /


NOUN
turning point
Synonyms


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The current set includes three versions of Morton’s “King Porter Stomp,” a landmark work that helped launch the swing era a decade later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Lawyer Anand Ramlogan SC, representing Jones, said the judgement was a "landmark victory for gay rights, equal dignity and respect for private and family life in Trinidad and Tobago."

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

An AFP reporter on site noted ambulances and multiple police cars at the scene as police cordoned off the area -- one of Poland's landmark tourist hotspots popular with locals and foreign visitors.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

"To detect intact heme-derived molecules in 115-million-year-old red blood cells is astonishing: this really is a landmark discovery," Professor Grice said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

I’ve barely given any thought to my assigned landmark, Cadillac Ranch, since that day at dance rehearsal.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Ballard, 57, of Mill Valley, will serve alongside eight other commissioners tasked with designating state historical landmarks and preserving the state’s cultural heritage, following the appointment made Friday evening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

Several natural landmarks create the skull's distinctive appearance.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

"It is one of Liverpool's great landmarks and its redevelopment presents an enormous opportunity to build on our success as one of the UK's leading locations for film and television," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Finalist Phyllis Thibodeaux Beach, whose construction-worker father helped build several Boston landmarks, sees it as a way to leave her own imprint on the city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

They will be suspended in the void, unable to tell if they are fixed or moving because there will be no landmarks for them to recognize.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee


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