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noun

ˈrü-liŋ How to pronounce ruling (audio)
Definition of rulingnext
1
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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2
as in decree
an order publicly issued by an authority the FCC's ruling regarding the broadcasting of obscenities

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ruling

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adjective

as in prevailing
held by or applicable to a majority of the people the ruling opinion on premarital sex

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ruling

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verb

present participle of rule
1
as in governing
to exercise authority or power over a sea captain who ruled his ship sternly but justly

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2
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
Noun
The Justice Department has appealed many of those rulings and sought emergency relief from the Supreme Court in three court fights so far. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2025 Netflix won a $12 million arbitration ruling against Rinsch last year after the filmmaker claimed that the company actually owed him $14 million. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
But its ruling African National Congress, which Mandela led from an anti-apartheid liberation movement to a political party in government, has retained its strong pro-Palestinian stance even after Mandela died in 2013. — Gerald Imray, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2024 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. — Herman J. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014
Verb
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. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruling
  1. sentence
  2. decree
  3. governing
  4. verdict
  5. edict
  6. general
  7. regulating
  8. judgment
Noun
  • Caswell will serve the new sentence concurrently with the 30 years he was sentenced to in previous trials for the same offenses last year, per the outlets.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The Department of Justice has already charged several perpetrators with that in mind, including in cases that involve charges with five-year mandatory minimum sentences.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of sentence
Noun
  • Bezos owns the Post, and this decree is within his prerogatives.
    — Ruth Marcus, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
  • What value could Republican concessions possibly have if Trump can simply override them through executive decree?
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of decree
Verb
  • 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.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
  • 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).
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of governing
Noun
  • The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
    — Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The jury deliberated for approximately 20 minutes before handing down a guilty verdict to 29-year-old Gregory Haendiges, who was charged with battery on a child, the Delaware County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said in a March 18 news release.
    — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of verdict
Noun
  • The column does not call out Bezos personally but raises concerns about his new edict.
    — Liam Reilly, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Businesses and investors face significant challenges managing climate risk in light of the federal government’s dramatic new climate edicts.
    — John Kostyack, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of edict
Adjective
  • Fort Worth Star-Telegram Lillie Davidson is a general assignment reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and a TCU student studying journalism (Go Frogs!).
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Last season, the Royals inducted Jackson alongside former general managers Cedric Tallis and John Schuerholz.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of general
Verb
  • 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.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 30 Dec. 2024
  • 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.
    — Ellen Choi, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of regulating
Noun
  • While some taxpayers may be waiting until the last minute to file (no judgment), others may not be ready.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Letting other people cloud your intuition with their negativity & judgment will take away from this vulnerable time with a new baby.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 17 Mar. 2025
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