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as in sentence
a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard
the controversial ruling by the state's supreme court caused an uproar
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as in decree
an order publicly issued by an authority
the FCC's ruling regarding the broadcasting of obscenities
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as in prevailing
held by or applicable to a majority of the people
the ruling opinion on premarital sex
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as in governing
to exercise authority or power over
a sea captain who ruled his ship sternly but justly
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as in controlling
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
a monarch who is known for ruling her emotions with an iron hand
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Recent Examples of ruling
Greg Engle, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The move, which effectively leaves in place a lower court ruling upholding those regulations, comes days after the court agreed to hear a narrow slice of the fight: whether fuel companies have standing to sue over the regulations.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Teele Rebane, CNN, 30 Aug. 2024
Mark Chenoweth, President and Chief Legal Officer, of the New Civil Liberties Alliance that argued the case before the Supreme Court, said in a statement the ruling remedied government overreach.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
David Doty, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
But governing a single province is different from ruling a nation.
—Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Noun
If successful, the ruling could be overturned yet again, lobbing the ball back across the net in this legal rally.
—Greg Engle, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The move, which effectively leaves in place a lower court ruling upholding those regulations, comes days after the court agreed to hear a narrow slice of the fight: whether fuel companies have standing to sue over the regulations.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Between 1995 and 2022, there were only 308 successful kidney transplants in Myanmar, according to ruling junta chief Min Aung Hlaing’s office.
—Teele Rebane, CNN, 30 Aug. 2024
Mark Chenoweth, President and Chief Legal Officer, of the New Civil Liberties Alliance that argued the case before the Supreme Court, said in a statement the ruling remedied government overreach.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
Verb
Consumers are not shy about signaling to brand marketers that their messages are no longer ruling how products are perceived.
—David Doty, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
But governing a single province is different from ruling a nation.
—Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruling
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They were all convicted on Thursday and given sentences ranging from 3 to 15 years in prison.Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Murder using a firearm carries a maximum sentence of death or life in prison, federal prosecutors said in a news release.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Among decrees issued Saturday were announcements of the dismissals of Sergiy Kyslytsya as permanent representative to the U.N. and Yevheniia Filipenko as permanent representative to the U.N. office and other organizations in Geneva.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Then came President Yoon Suk Yeol’s reckless martial law decree.William Pesek, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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In 2022, the NCAA updated its policy to align with national sports governing bodies.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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The league started with 10 teams in 1996, as part of the deal with FIFA, the international governing body of the sport, to bring the World Cup to the United States in 1994.Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
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The jury returned a guilty verdict, and later a sentence of death.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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After the three-year-long legal battle against Lanez came to an end in 2023, Megan Thee Stallion wrote an op-ed in Elle detailing her thoughts on his guilty verdict.Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 18 Dec. 2024
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Musk announced a return-to-office policy at Tesla and SpaceX in 2022, ordering employees back for a minimum of 40 hours per week on site, though his edict was hampered at the time by a lack of space and resources, CNBC reported then.David Ingram, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024
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Under an edict issued by Newsom in 2020, 35% of annual new car sales must be zero emission by model year 2026 and 100% by 2035.Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Proposition 35 backers say state lawmakers could still choose to increase funding for the facilities by allocating money from the state general fund, where some of the tax revenue is going.Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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This phenomenon suggests that many chief executives are benefiting from general market momentum rather than their own strategic decisions or leadership skills.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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These measures included capping refiners' profits and regulating gasoline inventories, amidst rising gas prices.Robert Rapier, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Colorado, for instance, passed a law this year regulating AI’s usage in high-risk scenarios like screening applications for jobs, loans and housing.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
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According to McKinsey, biases in data—whether from uneven collection practices or human judgment—can embed and even magnify societal inequalities when AI systems analyze, learn from, and act on that data, resulting in far-reaching and unintended consequences.Eric Mosley, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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But, in the rush to judgment, serious questions about the evidence were ignored.Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Ruling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruling. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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