red ribbon
noun
: a red ribbon usually with appropriate words or markings awarded the second-place winner in a competition
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There’s a picture of me, not quite a year old, in a blue sailor suit and a red ribbon tied around my neck, staring avidly at a picture book.
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Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
The warehouse’s general manager, a compact man in a blue floral dress shirt, cut a red ribbon.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
As officials cut a red ribbon on the steps of the town hall, the sounds of buzzsaws, hammers, and construction vehicles echoed throughout the streets.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
The opening, with a speech by Mayor Cindy Darling, a red ribbon cutting and the blessing of a local priest, was considered to be one of the buzziest, new-restaurant openings in the city’s downtown for quite some time.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
The warehouse’s general manager, a compact man in a blue floral dress shirt, cut a red ribbon.
—Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
As officials cut a red ribbon on the steps of the town hall, the sounds of buzzsaws, hammers, and construction vehicles echoed throughout the streets.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
The opening, with a speech by Mayor Cindy Darling, a red ribbon cutting and the blessing of a local priest, was considered to be one of the buzziest, new-restaurant openings in the city’s downtown for quite some time.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Red ribbon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/red%20ribbon. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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