How to Use as a rule in a Sentence
as a rule
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Xi has stressed the importance of projecting an image of China as a rule-of-law country.
—Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
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Generative AI wasn't trained on E-E-A-T as a rule book, but it's absorbed the same logic.
—Charles Nicholls, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
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Nonpublic investments like private equity are, as a rule, actively managed.
—Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 8 July 2026
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The Republican National Congressional Committee declined to comment on the specific allegations against Miller and as a rule does not comment on spending decisions.
—Diana Paulsen, ABC News, 31 July 2026
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Before that, beyond occasional outliers (Denmark in 1986, for example, or perhaps England’s in 1982), as a rule international shirts tended to be fairly plain, in that country’s traditional colours.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 19 July 2026
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