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blue ribbon

[bloo-rib-uhn] / ˈbluˈrɪb ən /


blue-ribbon




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The auxiliary’s Facebook page also encouraged residents to hang blue ribbons outside homes, mailboxes, fences and porches—“for our hometown soldier.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Supervisors said they were following the recommendations of a blue ribbon commission, which called in 2022 for the creation of a new county homelessness organization and the streamlining of LAHSA’s responsibilities.

From Los Angeles Times

They point to the work of the blue ribbon commission and a string of highly critical audits as reasons for taking decisive action.

From Los Angeles Times

"I went to the L.A. County Fair, and I won that blue ribbon," she remembers.

From Salon

We have state fairs and blue ribbons, which are the gold standard in all of baking and all of cooking.

From Los Angeles Times