The Collaborative International Dictionary
blue-ribbon \blue-ribbon\ adj. prenom. selected or chosen for special qualifications; as, a blue-ribbon grand jury.
Syn: blue ribbon(predicate), select.
WordNet
adj. selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the blue-ribbon event of the season" [syn: blue-ribbon(a), select]
Usage examples of "blue-ribbon".
It's been a hot July, a perfect good old by God blue-ribbon jeezer of a July, no doubt about it, but if you want to know the truth, it's also been a dry July, with no water but the occasional flipped spray of a hose to stir those last shreds of Chinese paper from where they lie.
Any government public health department, faced with such a question, would set up a blue-ribbon study group, insist on ample research funds, and schedule a reasonable time—.
Any government public health department, faced with such a question, would set up a blue-ribbon study group, insist on ample research funds, and schedule a reasonable timeÄ.
Any government public health department, faced with such a question, would set up a blue-ribbon study group, insist on ample research funds, and schedule a reasonable time-five years or more-for orderly scientific investigation.