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
Advertisement The pardon also comes as lawmakers work toward a bipartisan deal on a landmark bill that would establish new crypto regulations.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The Commission has also opened numerous investigations under another landmark law known as the Digital Markets Act.
—Katrina Bishop, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Trump met Kim several times during his first term, holding landmark summits that ultimately failed to produce a meaningful breakthrough.
—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Three generations later, the Franks continue to serve the same comfort food that's made El's a local landmark.
—Abby Price, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The Commission has also opened numerous investigations under another landmark law known as the Digital Markets Act.
—Katrina Bishop, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Trump met Kim several times during his first term, holding landmark summits that ultimately failed to produce a meaningful breakthrough.
—Will Ripley, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Three generations later, the Franks continue to serve the same comfort food that's made El's a local landmark.
—Abby Price, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landmark
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In a first for the China Space Station, crew members from the Shenzhou-20 and Shenzhou-21 missions have used a new oven to cook and enjoy a space barbecue, marking a milestone in comfort and innovation aboard the station.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Global Times compared the cooking milestone to one notched aboard the ISS in 2019, when NASA astronauts baked cookies in space using a prototype Zero G oven.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Without spoiling the climax, A Tale of Two Sisters uses the haunted house motif almost as a window dressing to obscure the psychological aspects at play in this immensely enthralling, supernatural flick.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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In some ways, Doug’s death signaled two tragedies, as Sage’s grand romance also came to a climax and an end over the course of Gen V’s season two finale.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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The species was once found south of the border in the Rio Sonoyta, but since groundwater pumping has depleted the river, there has been no observable population in the watershed.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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GLP-1s, which act on the brain and the body's hormones to help suppress hunger and slow digestion, are considered a watershed in Americans' long struggle to address obesity and related diseases.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Landmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landmark. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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