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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

The afternoon concluded with each participant receiving ribbons and lunch donated by Generations Daycare. —

Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026 The duo matched in pastels tones; Charlotte, who was 3 years old at the time, also accessorized her look with a few red hair ribbons. —

Emma Banks, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026 Everyone wore stickers of yellow ribbons – a symbol of hope and support for missing persons. —

Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026 Start simple with soft sourdough and chili oil for dipping or tartare with crispy chips before diving into a cheesy smashburger or ribbons of pasta coated in a creamy mushroom-herb sauce. —

Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026 Once cooled, it’s sliced into thick, long ribbons before getting a cast-iron char and a visit to the grill’s smokebox. —

Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026 His website describes how his early designs used ribbons, plastic wrap and fabric scraps fastened with knots and tape. —

Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026 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

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In 1912, Georges Braque (1882–1963) had glued strips of fake-wood wallpaper onto a pencil-and-gouache still life titled Fruit Dish and Glass, done in the Analytic Cubist style he’d developed with his colleague/competitor/collaborator Pablo Picasso (1881–1973).

— Howard Halle, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
O’Neal knows the regulars, patrons whose photo strips are taped behind the bar.

— Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026