BLUE-RIBBON Synonyms: 172 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in excellent

of the very best kind your work on this project has been of blue-ribbon quality

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blue ribbon

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noun

as in award

something given in recognition of achievement the Pritzker Prize is widely regarded as the ultimate blue ribbon for architectural achievement

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Adjective

While fare evasion has not necessarily increased since the MTA’s blue-ribbon panel reported roughly $700 million in losses across all of the transit agency’s services, the problem has not abated at the rate the MTA’s finance chiefs had projected when authoring the five-year financial plan. —

Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024 That was the finding of a blue-ribbon panel's report to the British Columbia government in January 2004, following a record-breaking year of wildfires the previous summer in which about 1,000 square miles of the province burned. —

Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024

Noun

Hoy wore a dark blue ribbon on his suit jacket, bearing Corey Proulx's last name. —

Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024 Sandra Lee and Jason Biggs are teaming up to crown the country’s best blue ribbon baker. —

Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 10 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for blue-ribbon

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