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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
Catherine Hickley, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Afterward, Stanley Zhong’s case was mentioned during a congressional hearing on the affirmative action ruling in September 2023.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2025
Herman J. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014
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
Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
However, spring begins on a sour note, as Venus—your ruling planet—will station retrograde in Aries as of March 1.
—Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for ruling
Noun
In 2019, that ruling was upheld by a New York appeals court.
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Governments in Côte d’Ivoire, Tanzania, and Zambia, to cite just a few examples of moderate regimes that the U.S. government admired, routinely diverted public revenues to private pockets through their ruling political parties.
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This decision is part of broader litigation challenging the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), with several district courts ruling in favor of the Treasury's position on the CTA's constitutionality.
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In 2018, President Trump commuted the prison sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, who had served 22 years for drug trafficking and money laundering charges.—
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The district court found that there were at least 10 victims in the case, a factor that enhanced the sentence for Holmes and Balwani.—
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What To Know At her morning news conference, Sheinbaum said that Trump's decree only applies to the U.S. continental shelf and does not affect Mexico's sovereignty over the rest of the Gulf.—
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The decree also ordered him to pay child support of $2,700 per month through June 2023—when the payment would increase to $4,000 per month—and pay for each of their three kids’ $10,000 annual private school tuition.—
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The lawsuit alleges that the park’s ownership violated Florida’s laws governing mobile home evictions, including by raising rents within 90 days of issuing the notice to vacate and by not offering the homeowners’ association the first right of refusal to purchase the land.—
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The terms governing the use of the character are set out in a 71-page license agreement executive summary which was released in a 2014 hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE).—
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The verdict came in on March 1, after a six-day trial: guilty on all counts.—
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So, although warp drive seems implausible, the final verdict is uncertain.—
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As a result of Trump’s edicts, employees have been fired; websites have been removed; and scientific papers have been withdrawn.—
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However, on January 28, shortly before the memo’s edicts were set to take effect, U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan issued a stay on the funding freeze.—
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Beyond general skepticism about the need for people to wear an AI device on their chest, Humane never proved its pitch of AI Pins replacing smartphones.—
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Williams was one of several TCU players and Memphis Grizzlies officials who came to celebrate Bane, which also included head coach Taylor Jenkins and the franchise’s general manager Zach Kleiman.—
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Even the bed—a plush, temperature-regulating masterpiece—felt like it had been engineered specifically to cradle you into the best rest of your life.—
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On the other hand, if your social media app of choice elicits feelings of insufficiency, and self-control resources are burned up by exerting will power to avoid consuming products, or regulating hard emotions, than that experience is important to notice.—
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This creates a powerful sense of safety, where your partner feels free to be their authentic self without fear of judgment, rejection or abandonment.—
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That decision was not luck, but sound judgment executed by a driver who, in this era with this car, is one of NASCAR’s best on a superspeedway.—
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“Ruling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruling. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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