landmark decision
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an important decision that marks a turning point, especially in law
Examples (10)
- In a landmark decision, the court agreed to hear evidence from twenty years earlier.
- The Supreme Court's ruling on marriage equality was a landmark decision for civil rights.
- Historians are still debating the long-term effects of that landmark decision.
- This case could lead to a landmark decision on digital privacy.
- The company's board made a landmark decision to shift its entire production to renewable energy.
- Brown v. Board of Education is perhaps the most famous landmark decision in US history.
- The judge is expected to announce the landmark decision by the end of the month.
- Activists celebrated the landmark decision, which they had fought for over a decade.
- The EU's new regulation on data protection is considered a landmark decision with global implications.
- Following the landmark decision, many similar lawsuits were filed across the country.