rule (on)

as in to decide
to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute) the coach ruled on the question of whether an off-campus bar fight ought to disqualify someone from the team

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  • Rudd agrees and, delighted by the experience, returns the favor for Samberg, who decides to don only a T-shirt for his portrait.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The courts have issued several orders that the Trump administration has ignored, and the courts must decide what to do about it.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
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  • Transparent pricing: Rates are determined based on calculations that consider real factors—from driving experience and vehicle type to business location.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • The new hearing is scheduled for May 9 and will determine the admissibility of the reports.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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  • The title nears the summit once again on both the Top Rock Albums and Top Rock & Alternative Albums rosters, settling at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
  • This Summer By Daisy Jones Shopping The Best Nontoxic Sunscreens, According to Dermatologists By Jenny Berg Born in Kampala and raised for a time in Cape Town, Mamdani later settled with Nair and his father, academic and writer Mahmood Mamdani, in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 4 May 2025
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  • Redick understood he’d be judged by wins and losses in the NBA coaching seat.
    Jovan Buha, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • And judging from the applause in the room when Cato president and CEO Peter Goettler said explicitly what Koch merely waved at, the feistiness is not fading.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 2 May 2025
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“Rule (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rule%20%28on%29. Accessed 8 May. 2025.

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