How to Use ruling in a Sentence

ruling

noun
  • She disputed the referee's ruling.
  • The decision overturns the Supreme Court's earlier ruling.
  • Still, Callaghan could be the one to make the ultimate ruling.
    Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2023
  • The ruling is a major blow to the White House's efforts to stem migration.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
  • In the wake of that ruling, the administration turned to its Plan B.
    Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The plaintiffs appealed this ruling to the 5th Circuit.
    Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Per the judge's ruling, Wade's resignation means Willis and the rest of her team will remain on the case.
    Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The ruling removes the biggest, but not the only obstacle, to the merger.
    Matt O'Brien, ajc, 11 July 2023
  • Davis' ruling calls on the commission to follow open records laws.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 13 June 2023
  • The carriers do have the option of appealing the ruling.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The last of those gaps came — to the shock of creditors — after the court’s December ruling giving the two sides one final chance to cut a deal.
    Alice Huang, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The court heard oral arguments in the case in late February and a ruling is expected in the coming weeks.
    Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner, 24 May 2023
  • For now, courts are stuck in a chaotic moment, unsure of how to apply the new high court rulings to emerging threats to peace.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The Bucs challenged the ruling on the field that London was down by contact before losing possession of the ball.
    Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Before the judge could make a ruling after a Jan. 22 hearing, the government offered Lynch a plea deal.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Experts say the justices could seek to avoid another 'Bush v. Gore' ruling.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The Alabama Supreme Court ruling took the personhood concept to a new level.
    Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Central to the ruling was that Google only allowed users to view snippets of text without providing the full book.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Judge Agne agreed and stated in her ruling that the team and stadium would likely succeed if the case continued in court.
    Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The state immediately appealed the ruling, which is now on hold.
    Frances Stead Sellers, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the court’s liberals to form a majority in the ruling.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Murphy ordered Bellows to wait and issue a new ruling after the Supreme Court decides the Colorado case.
    Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But in a March 15 ruling, Judge Timothy Hicks denied that request, which allows the case to move forward.
    Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The court will hear arguments this winter, setting the stage for a major ruling on free speech and social media.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The ruling comes at a particularly tense juncture for the Tesla CEO.
    Will Oremus, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But after the Court’s ruling, schools weren’t the only private institutions that found themselves in the crosshairs of DEI’s critics.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The ruling follows a 17-day trial that started in October.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The trial had been repeatedly pushed back while both sides awaited Tuesday’s ruling by the Court of Appeals.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 13 June 2023
  • Acting before a Supreme Court ruling, House votes to block Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.
    USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
  • The Biden administration is expected to appeal Wednesday's ruling and the case is likely to reach the Supreme Court.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023

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