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Definition

something very important

or:

something easily recognized (such as a monument, building, or geographic feature) — especially one that helps one to know where she is; or that is a tourist destination

It was a landmark Supreme Court decision.

landmark = very important

the church steeple provided a convenient landmark
a landmark day in the history of this great institution
As Antonia said, the whole world was changed by the snow; we kept looking in vain for familiar landmarks.
Willa Cather -- My Antonia
The dish, one of the most distinctive landmarks on the Fairbanks skyline, had been erected to collect data from satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar of Walt McCandless's design.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

landmarks = something easily recognized

But the stately head of this old pine towered above them all and made a landmark for sea and shore miles and miles away.
Sarah Jewett -- A White Heron

landmark = something easily recognized (such as a geographic feature) — especially one that helps one to know where she is

The first landmark was that day in the woods with the dog.
Robert Cormier -- I Am the Cheese

landmark = something very important

so that if they had once left behind the pool that led to our own world without making some sort of landmark, the chances would have been a hundred to one against their ever finding it again.
C.S. Lewis -- The Magician's Nephew

landmark = something easily recognized

In Roman mythology, Terminus was the god who presided over boundaries or landmarks.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Selected Essays
This was my first time in the Quarter, so I didn't know any landmarks, nor would I have noticed any.
Peter Jenkins -- A Walk Across America
At the end it was cut short off by a wooden gate, beyond which was a pasture and then a deep ditch which was a town landmark.
William Faulkner -- Light in August
Then models, to scale, of various notable buildings, ships and landmarks.
John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
Jenks saw a landmark he recognized.
James Patterson -- 1st to Die
The wrought-iron fence held a plaque declaring that this was a San Francisco landmark, erected as an orphanage after the Great Earthquake.
Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter
Swiftly he descended, almost always sure of his memory of the landmarks.
Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger
This was a new place with no signs or landmarks.
Laurie Halse Anderson -- The Impossible Knife of Memory
About noon Mudge perceived by certain landmarks that he was crossing the Platte River.
Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
I could remember hardly any exact details from that night, in the way of landmarks, and of course there were precious few there to begin with.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees
But now those landmarks in their courtship have faded, have given way to the occasion they are now celebrating.
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
Like distant landmarks you are approaching, cause and effect begin to align themselves, draw closer together.
Eudora Welty -- One Writer's Beginnings

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