Examples of ruling in a Sentence

Noun The decision overturns the Supreme Court's earlier ruling. She disputed the referee's ruling. Adjective members of the ruling class the ruling opinion on premarital sex

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Commissioner Roger Goodell said on April 28 that there was no timeframe on any possible ruling on Watson. — Tom Withers, ajc, 16 May 2022 The election is the first in Lebanon since a 2019 popular uprising demanded the downfall of the ruling elite, blaming traditional parties for widespread corruption and mismanagement. — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 15 May 2022 The law could, potentially, go into effect on the same day as the Supreme Court’s ruling if certified by the Legislature’s general counsel. — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 May 2022 The Texas Supreme Court on Friday issued a multipart ruling on investigations into transgender care for minors that has both sides claiming victory. — Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 13 May 2022 And, as Judge Mizelle’s ruling in Florida shows, crafting legislation that overcomes conservatives’ determined misreading of it is virtually impossible. — Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker, 13 May 2022 Wadas knows that Hamilton is wearing the black hat the rest of the tournament with social media going abuzz after Wednesday's ruling. — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2022 Friday’s actions follows demonstrations last week at the State House and on Harvard Yard that drew thousands of protesters who decried the draft ruling, which was leaked to Politico but hasn’t been made official. — Adria Watson, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022 Until Moukawsher’s ruling, Cunha, who has offices in Hamden, had practiced law since 1999. — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Runaway inflation in the 1930s and 1940s helped undermine the ruling Nationalist government and open the door to the Communist Party’s takeover. — Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 8 May 2022 Signs of a rift in the ruling PDP-Laban party began in March when the former boxer criticized Duterte's stance on a maritime dispute with China and accused government agencies of corruption. — Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson And Jinky Jorgio, CNN, 16 Nov. 2021 Support for the ruling Liberal Party — the main conservative party in Australia — has been slowly declining among women for years, even before the assault allegations emerged, said Sarah Cameron, a lecturer in politics at the University of Sydney. — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021 For sure, most were looked down on as unworthy minorities for much of American history by the ruling Anglo-Saxon Protestants. — WSJ, 20 Nov. 2020 Just as the purveyors of apartheid did, the ruling African Nation Congress seems to often prioritize self-aggrandizement and neglect social development. — Norma Young, Quartz Africa, 23 Sep. 2020 It was released in several European countries in 1969 — the year it was nominated — but was banned under the ruling military junta in Greece and would not screen there until after the junta fell in 1974. — Sara Aridi, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2020 She was awarded the prize in 1991, for leading the opposition to the ruling military junta and calling for a nonviolent transition to a democratic society. — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2019 Dave Sharma, a member of parliament for the ruling Liberal party and former Australian envoy to Israel told the Australian Parliament in October. — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2019 See More

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