noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a landmark case (= one that established a principle for the first time )
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a landmark case about copyright protection for computer software
famous landmark (= a famous place or building that is easy to recognize )
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The Eiffel Tower is a famous landmark .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
familiar
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Shops were dark, cold and uninviting. Familiar landmarks , like the neons of theatres and cinemas, disappeared.
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In the movie business, such voyages are usually package tours -- rushed itineraries, familiar landmarks , superficial observations.
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Hospital goes: A familiar landmark in Hartlepool has been reduced to a pile of rubble by bulldozers.
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The awkward biped stood and looked out over the tops of the grass at a landscape empty of familiar landmarks .
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For older people, the familiar landmarks of their lives have been bulldozed, leaving them bewildered and uncertain.
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He looked down at London, searching for the tall familiar landmark , his eyes glazed but still seeing.
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They were further into the forest than she had ever been before. Familiar landmarks had already disappeared.
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A popular rendezvous and a familiar landmark with its prominent clock tower.
famous
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His move secures the 14 jobs at the site and keeps the famous A3 landmark alive.
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The island looms larger until we sight its famous landmark , the Abbey - grey, formidable, not at all picturesque.
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What famous landmarks will you pass?
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For he is responsible for maintaining the sophisticated plumbing system inside the famous landmark .
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The century-old tower, one of Middlesbrough's most famous landmarks , is crumbling and needs more than £40,000-worth of repair work.
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Read in studio One of the region's most famous landmarks is celebrating its five hundredth birthday.
historic
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Our man at the Yard Historic landmark buildings loom large in Geoff Lewry's life.
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They organized quickly, and had the Tiradito Wishing Shrine declared a national historic landmark .
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Nelson, historic landmarks from the early days of the fur-trader, the gold miner and the explorer.
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It would neither be the subject of uninformed scandal, nor slated to become a national historic landmark in our city.
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Washington the home town and Washington the historic landmark are physically the same but logistically, legally and pragmatically separate entities.
important
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To a sports fanatic like me, the Maracana would be as important a landmark as Sugar Loaf Mountain.
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The next important landmark comes with a 7.6 % swing.
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The birth of a child is an important landmark in the lives of all concerned.
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The total project cost was over £1.5 million - money well spent to secure the future of this important Paisley landmark .
local
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Another listed building is the fine windmill which stands on the hill above the village and makes an outstanding local landmark .
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Downtown News editorial staff a behind-the-scenes look at what will be a major new local landmark .
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Learned local landmarks are a feasible means to navigation in a local, familiar area.
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Select a local landmark on a 250,000 scale map and draw in the correct quadrant.
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It is owned by the National Trust and is a permanent local landmark .
major
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Many of these are major landmarks rising high above surrounding houses, but often they are far too large for present congregations.
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Downtown News editorial staff a behind-the-scenes look at what will be a major new local landmark .
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The major landmark is, perhaps, the foundation of the Royal Society of London in 1660.
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They lounge outside the major landmarks including the entrances to the parliament building.
new
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Downtown News editorial staff a behind-the-scenes look at what will be a major new local landmark .
■ NOUN
decision
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In a landmark decision , the U. S. Supreme Court disagreed.
■ VERB
become
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It has become a landmark not only for Palomar College but also for pilots using Palomar-McClellan Airport.
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It would neither be the subject of uninformed scandal, nor slated to become a national historic landmark in our city.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a landmark court victory
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Getting my first part in a movie was a major landmark in my life.
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The Washington Monument is a popular historical landmark .
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This new drug is a landmark in the treatment of cancer.