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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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an order publicly issued by an authority
the FCC's ruling regarding the broadcasting of obscenities
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Recent Examples of rulings
When added to the growing list of rulings, her strategy is rapidly becoming clear.
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
That lasted five games until new rulings barred him again.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
The presence of inconsistent rulings could give Congress greater reason to pass legislation that provides the NCAA with legal protection to set eligibility rules.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Legal experts warn the order conflicts with existing court rulings and will likely spark litigation.
—Mark Long, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2026
Courts so far have handed down mixed rulings, leaving a messy situation on the ground, especially about what's considered sports gambling.
—Todd Bookman, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
The growth of prediction markets, which are also capable of producing valuable real-world intelligence, has been spurred by recent court rulings, but also by support from the White House, which generally favors deregulation in all sorts of financial markets.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
In recent years, the Supreme Court has issued other rulings affecting those rights.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
But soon after, the city offered different rulings unfavorable to the Eddses as to where the boundaries are and where the couple could develop.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
That lasted five games until new rulings barred him again.
—Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
The presence of inconsistent rulings could give Congress greater reason to pass legislation that provides the NCAA with legal protection to set eligibility rules.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Legal experts warn the order conflicts with existing court rulings and will likely spark litigation.
—Mark Long, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2026
Courts so far have handed down mixed rulings, leaving a messy situation on the ground, especially about what's considered sports gambling.
—Todd Bookman, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
The growth of prediction markets, which are also capable of producing valuable real-world intelligence, has been spurred by recent court rulings, but also by support from the White House, which generally favors deregulation in all sorts of financial markets.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
In recent years, the Supreme Court has issued other rulings affecting those rights.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
But soon after, the city offered different rulings unfavorable to the Eddses as to where the boundaries are and where the couple could develop.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rulings
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Katz said first-degree murder, or Murder 1, would have meant the possibility of life without parole, but that, in the aggregate, the remaining four charges could amount to 90 years to life, if the sentences are consecutive.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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These sentences, written by Averbuch’s translators Oksana Maksymchuk and Max Rosochinsky, appear on the first page of Averbuch’s facing-page bilingual collection Furious Harvests—the only page in the book where chronology can be told quite so simply.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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On Sunday, thousands marched in Santiago in protest of Kast’s rollback of dozens of environmental decrees.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
23 Mar. 2026
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The decrees rolled back by Kast’s administration had been signed during the government of left-wing former Chilean leader Gabriel Boric, whom Kast replaced as president earlier this month.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the findings were limited to oral briefings, shared with Summers and Taylor.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The findings also align with what immigrant-rights advocates and immigration attorneys are seeing in real time.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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Like most of her peers, Agnes follows her country’s various repressive edicts directed toward young women.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
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Covid-19 bred doubt about government edicts and skepticism about science, provoking an existential battle for truth.—
Richard Edelman,
Time,
18 Jan. 2026
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The financial penalties to date have been minimal — less than $400 million in damages between the two verdicts last week — but the cases establish a troubling precedent for tech giants that are betting their future on AI.—
Jennifer Elias,Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2026
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Meta and Google both plan to appeal the verdicts.—
Shannon Bond,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2026
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By the time he gets called, families can be at war over decisions about dad’s house, mom’s assets or grandma’s healthcare.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Their intensity and compression of timescale require curatorial decisions to be shaped by different tempos of attention.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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That said, judgments can remain valid for years and may be renewed, so if your financial situation improves later, creditors could attempt to collect at that time.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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To the extent permitted by applicable law, all judgments or awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket damages (excluding attorneys’ fees) associated with participation in this Promotion and shall not include any indirect, punitive, incidental and/or consequential damages.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Information flows upward through layers of reporting, and directives flow downward through chains of command.—
Lawrence Rosenberg,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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What the report found In response to the allegations in Minnesota, Abbott issued six directives to the state workforce and human services commissions to identify if Texas had a problem with improper payments, specifically with fraud.—
Jess Huff,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Rulings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rulings. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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