Blue ribbon

Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.

These [scholarships] were the blue ribbon of the [college].

Mr. Allen’s work, “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” took home the blue ribbon in the fair’s contest for emerging digital artists — making it one of the first A.I.-generated pieces to win such a prize, and setting off a fierce backlash from artists who accused him of, essentially, cheating.

The governor selected a cadre of blue ribbon social scientists to serve on her poverty task force.

A blue ribbon jury of accomplished artists will choose the best three entries.