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noun

ˈri-bən

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as in strip

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

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verb

as in to tear

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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Related Parton arrived at the new travel center in a whimsical blue-and-pink fringed outfit and took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony, greeting the crowd gathered for the occasion. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2026 Alongside an August 11 ribbon-cutting, Hot Springs Suites became a member of the Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce. — Gabe White, Arkansas Online, 25 Aug. 2026

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The road that ribbons through the foothills rises and twists like the tail of a cat. — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025 To make way for the new highways that ribbon through Cairo, leading to the new city, builders razed vast patches of trees in the elegant old neighborhood of Heliopolis. — Vivian Yee, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for ribbon

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Line pan with a 9-inch-wide strip of parchment paper, extending the parchment over the two long sides of pan (to lift the bread from the pan after baking).

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2026
However, in the ’90s, it was relocated to Devon Avenue — the Far North Side street famous for its strip of South Asian businesses known as Little India.

— Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

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