Definition of ruling
: an official or authoritative decision, decree, statement, or interpretation (as by a judge on a point of law)
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Examples of ruling in a Sentence
The decision overturns the Supreme Court's earlier ruling.
She disputed the referee's ruling.
Recent Examples of ruling from the Web
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Because of this one-sided ruling, this order should be viewed as very temporary, likely weeks.
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Thapar also joined another 6th Circuit opinion last September that traced an earlier, 5-4 Supreme Court ruling.
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The decision reversed the high court’s previous ruling in December 2016 that reinstated Skakel’s conviction after a lower court ordered a new trial, citing mistakes by Sherman.
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The stunning 4-3 ruling hinged on the assertion that Skakel's trial attorney, Michael Sherman, failed to present evidence of an alibi on the night in question in wealthy Greenwich, Connecticut, when both Moxely and Skakel were just 15 years old.
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Many analysts agree, and are cautiously optimistic about AT&T’s chances of a favourable settlement or ruling in time for the deal’s closing deadline of June 21st.
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As of February 2016, the company investigator found no violation of company policy and had no plans for further action, according the statement of facts in Bacal’s February ruling.
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Runciman states, its ruling class would be less terrified of internal, much less external, openness and transparency.
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Seven months after the shooting, the Nevada Supreme Court last week upheld a state judge’s ruling that the records must be made public.
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First Known Use of ruling
14th century
ruling Synonyms
Related Words
decree, edict, injunction, order;
declaration, deliverance, dictum, pronouncement;
Definition of ruling
1 a
: exerting power or authority
- the ruling party
b
: chief, predominating
- a ruling passion
2
: generally prevailing
Examples of ruling in a Sentence
members of the ruling class
the ruling opinion on premarital sex
Recent Examples of ruling from the Web
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Charismatic and fiery, Pashinyan had convinced some lawmakers from the ruling Republican Party to cross party lines and vote for him — something unthinkable just a short while ago.
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Charismatic and fiery, Pashinyan had convinced some lawmakers from the ruling Republican Party to cross party lines and vote for him — something unthinkable just a short while ago.
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Armenians widely blamed Sargsyan and his ruling Republican Party for keeping the country as the Caucasus region's poorest through corruption and incompetence.
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The ruling Republican Party agreed to meet the opposition’s final demands: Pashinyan’s path to the premiership would not be obstructed.
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Arab nationalism was largely smothered when Iraq’s former ruling Baath party was banned in 2003.
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Duarte is a former Mexican congressman and power broker for the ruling Partido Institucional Revolucionario (PRI).
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Opposition lawmakers also threw smoke bombs inside parliament, but governing legislators managed to hold the vote and elect Arta Marku as acting chief prosecutor with 69 votes from the ruling Socialist party in the 140-seat parliament.
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The most recent crackdown breaks with the tradition of consensus within the ruling family, wrote James Dorsey, a senior fellow at Singapore's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ruling.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of ruling
1561
ruling Synonyms
Near Antonyms
rare, strange, unknown, unusual;
distinctive, especial, idiosyncratic, peculiar, special, unique;
Related Words
pop;
everyday, familiar, household, usual, well-known;
dominant, predominant, preponderant;
RULING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of ruling for English Language Learners
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: an official decision made by a judge, referee, etc.
ruling
Definition of ruling for English Language Learners
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: having control and power over a country, area, group, etc.
RULING Defined for Kids
ruling
Definition of ruling for Students
: an official decision (as by a judge)
Law Dictionary
ruling
noun
rul·ing
legal Definition of ruling
: an official or authoritative determination, decree, statement, or interpretation (as by a judge on a question of law)
- followed a previous ruling on the same question
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