"ribbon cutting" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "ribbon cuttings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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      "expansion": "ribbon cutting (plural ribbon cuttings)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 September 22, “Network News: All-change at carbon-positive Denmark Hill station”, in RAIL, number 940, page 26 (photo caption)",
          "text": "Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris performs the traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new station entrance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ceremonial or formal opening of a building or street performed by cutting a ribbon stretched across the entrance."
      ],
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      "qualifier": "often hyphenated when used attributively",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often hyphenated when used attributively) A ceremonial or formal opening of a building or street performed by cutting a ribbon stretched across the entrance."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ribbon cutting"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ribbon cuttings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ribbon cutting (plural ribbon cuttings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 September 22, “Network News: All-change at carbon-positive Denmark Hill station”, in RAIL, number 940, page 26 (photo caption)",
          "text": "Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris performs the traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new station entrance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ceremonial or formal opening of a building or street performed by cutting a ribbon stretched across the entrance."
      ],
      "qualifier": "often hyphenated when used attributively",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often hyphenated when used attributively) A ceremonial or formal opening of a building or street performed by cutting a ribbon stretched across the entrance."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ribbon cutting"
}