Thesaurus results for RIBBON(S)

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noun

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plural of ribbon

as in strips

a long narrow piece of material tied a silk ribbon in her hair

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ribbon

as in tears

to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it over the years the historic flag had become badly ribboned by the wind

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Recent Examples of ribbons

Noun

Upstairs, Polish artist and designer Zofia Sobolewska Ursic is slicing white onyx into ribbons alongside the workshop’s master technicians. —

Sarah Medford, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2026 Pink ribbons now encircle every post and sign as a gesture to our loss. —

Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026 Guthrie, who has been a co-anchor of the weekday morning show since 2012, returned to the desk at Rockefeller Center's Studio 1A wearing a smile and a yellow dress - the same color as the flowers and ribbons that people have been leaving outside her mom's Arizona residence in tribute. —

Alana Wise, NPR, 6 Apr. 2026 Guthrie wore a sunny yellow dress, reminiscent of the yellow flowers and ribbons placed by loved ones at her mother’s home — symbols of hope for a missing person. —

Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026 The anchor was dressed in a bright yellow dress, a nod to the yellow ribbons that friends and fans have been wearing in Nancy and Savannah’s honor. —

Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026 Astronomers have discovered dozens of faint ribbons of stars in the outskirts of the Milky Way using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission. —

Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 Apr. 2026 Beautiful ribbons of color on chocolate brown hair provide a glowing transformation from the before, a stark ombré look. —

Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026 Hui Manu-o-Kū staff tie blue plastic ribbons around the trunks of trees hosting eggs and chicks to alert tree trimmers to stay clear. —

ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Customers can order $5 fish tacos, the $10 New England-style poutine with clam chowder, bacon, two types of cheeses, fries and clams, $10 coconut chicken strips and an $11 smash burger.

— Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
The artist created these tabletop works by slicing disks of walnut into identically sized strips and reassembling the pieces to form undulating fans.

— Katherine Rochester, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026