blue ribbon commission
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6.1
- noun
- /blu ˈrɪbən kəˈmɪʃən/
- Formal
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comisión de expertos
- As part of this effort, Carlton named a blue-ribbon commission on the 21st Century Judiciary.
Examples
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Senator Jim Webb, who could not get sufficient support for his omnibus crime bill, should be given support for the setting up of a blue-ribbon commission to study our criminal justice system.
Blog text (31) -
President Clinton should also convene a blue-ribbon commission to review America's own bilateral aid policies.
Academic text (1993) -
Also very much on our minds is response to the Blue Ribbon Commission that will be reporting on how we manage the back end of the fuel cycle.
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Following the February protests, the king outlined "a package of comprehensive constitutional amendments" to be worked out by a blue-ribbon commission.
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This commission therefore recommends that you appoint a blue-ribbon commission to reexamine all aspects of foreign assistance before making any decisions.
Academic text (1992) -
I know, how about an inter-departmental blue-ribbon commission doing a fact-finding study and issuing a report?
Blog text (11) -
But that's nothing a legislative committee, or maybe a blue-ribbon commission or a public-private partnership couldn't solve, if only we had the will to do it.
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Question: After decades of blue-ribbon commissions issuing utopian reports promising "revolutionary" and "transformed" schools, where is the evidence that such futures are either possible or worthwhile?
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Details were to be worked out over the following three months by a blue-ribbon commission headed by 67-year-old Abdellatif Mennouni, a constitutional law expert and veteran of Moroccan public affairs, with the changes to be submitted to the public for approval by referendum.
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The city formed a blue ribbon commission to explore solutions for homelessness in the area.
Synonyms
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4.1
A group of people chosen to investigate or manage something
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3.5
A group of people who give expert advice to an organization like a company or university
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5.9
A group of respected experts chosen to study an important public problem and give advice
How Expert
- Formal
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6.1
- Formal
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4.4
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3.5
∞
3.2
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2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
blue + ribbon + commission
The noun 'commission' (a formal committee) makes the basic structure clear, and 'ribbon' as a prize suggests honor, so a learner might infer this is a prestigious committee. However, 'blue ribbon' as a fixed modifier meaning 'distinguished' is culturally specific and idiomatic (the color-to-honor mapping is not fully predictable from the constituents and varies cross-linguistically), so the exact sense is only partially derivable.
Etymology
Blue ribbon commission comes from the image of a blue ribbon as a prize for first place and commission meaning a group asked to study a problem. So a blue ribbon commission is a group of the 'best' people chosen to look into an important public problem and give advice.