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landmark

noun

ˈland-ˌmärk

Definition of landmark

as in milestone

a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs typically, people feel that turning 21 is a landmark in one's life

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Recent Examples of landmark What the research shows The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released a landmark study in November 2025 revealing severe gender and racial disparities among the creators and guests of popular podcasts. — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Here’s a look at the landmarks, diners and hideaways that invigorated him. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The enormous Gothic building on the Strand, with its towers, arches, and elaborate stonework, is one of the capital city’s most recognizable landmarks. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2026 These were community landmarks where relationships were formed and generations grew together. — John W. Beacham, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for landmark

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The label also put out a compilation record earlier this year marking the milestone.

— Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
This milestone shows that utility-scale battery storage is no longer experimental, but an essential backbone supporting the modern electric grid.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of milestone

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Building to a poignant climax, writer-director Noah Segan’s elegant love letter to both New York and to bygone cinematic eras recalls both the 1970s, with its grungy urban antiheroes, and the 1990s, in its American indie ethos.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
The film’s climax comes after Jean Grey is captured and detained by the Department of Damage Control (DODC), the same agency that kidnapped her sister, Sara (Olivia Booth-Ford).

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026

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Tammen worked decades in the mining industry and empathizes with people like King, but does not feel a mine is worth potentially jeopardizing the watershed.

— Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
The inaugural livestream is set in the Bristol Bay watershed, home to the most abundant wild sockeye salmon runs remaining on Earth.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026

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