familiar landmark

collocation in English

meaningsoffamiliarandlandmark

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familiar
adjective
uk
/fəˈmɪl.i.ər/us
/fəˈmɪl.i.jɚ/
easy to recognize because of being seen, met, heard, ...
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landmark
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlænd.mɑːk/us
/ˈlænd.mɑːrk/
a building or place that is easily recognized, especially one that you can use to judge where ...
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(Definition offamiliarandlandmarkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffamiliar landmark

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As eachfamiliarlandmarkrecedes, only the eccentric refuse to move on.
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Reception of the work, which has become afamiliarlandmark, has improved over time.
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This prominent statue is afamiliarlandmarkand a traditional meeting point.
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Why the sandstone formation has held firm on top of the longfamiliarlandmarkis a question that geologists can explain.
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But at the moment we have a crisis of national identity when more and more familiar landmarks are disappearing.
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All the familiar landmarks have been swept away.
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The scheme has its familiar landmarks for many of them.
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It has split up communities and effaced familiar landmarks which gave neighbourhoods their identity.
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Some of the familiar landmarks may be disappearing, and some of the old ice packs are breaking up.
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Whatever the course of political events, there will be confusion and instability and it is essential that such anxieties be not increased by the unnecessary removal of familiar landmarks.
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A breach suffered in one part that is not repaired will allow the flood waters to pour in and obliterate and destroy the familiar landmarks of our free society.
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By watching for familiar landmarks, they can know better when to get off to reach their destinations.
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Homing pigeons, for example, will often navigate using familiar landmarks, such as roads.
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Maintain close contact, as pets may be confused due to changes on what used to be familiar landmarks and scents.
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Many familiar landmarks were gone forever where whole buildings had collapsed here and there a solitary wall leaned at some crazy angle from its foundation.
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Churches and fountains are familiar landmarks.
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In environments without hazy atmospheres or familiar landmarks, humans rely on stereoscopic clues to judge distance.
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