a ceremony marking the official opening of a site, the commencement of its construction, etc., typically involving the cutting of a ribbon suspended as across an entrance
Examples of 'ribbon-cutting' in a sentence
ribbon-cutting
It's the afternoon before the ribbon-cutting.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There was no time for a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Between workaday ribbon-cutting and medal-pinning, the principal royal purpose is to create national moments.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The ribbon-cutting ceremony was held little more than 11 months after ground was broken in 2012.