ruled

past tense of rule

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ruled The autocratic czarist regime ruled with an iron hand and suppressed opposition through censorship, banishment, and executions. Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025 Litter is used for fertilizer in the watershed, and phosphorus from litter feeds algae in the river, the court has ruled. Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025 Last week, a judge ruled to extend a temporary restraining order barring the deployment of troops while the appeal plays out. Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025 The Wausau Ethics Board recently ruled the mayor violated the City of Wausau’s Code of Ethics and ordered the mayor to conform his actions to the city's code of ethics. Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025 Last month, a federal judge ruled that the deployment violated a longstanding federal law. Chantelle Lee, Time, 21 Oct. 2025 Investigators ruled his death a suicide. Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025 The African National Congress, which until last year had independently ruled South Africa since the end of apartheid, is likely to strongly oppose the move, Bloomberg reported. Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025 The Supreme Court ruled unanimously this spring that everyone deported under the administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act is entitled to due process—a decision underscoring the principle that even in national-security matters, government actions must remain subject to judicial review. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruled
Verb
  • The case will move into a lengthy pretrial phase governed by the Classified Information Procedures Act, as prosecutors and defense lawyers battle over how to handle sensitive evidence.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Port allocations aren’t governed by the kind of federal rules that regulate airport dollars.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The bombers remained in a part of Venezuela’s flight information region, or FIR, that is international airspace, but controlled by the country’s aviation authority.
    Natasha Bertrand, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Minnesota controlled the play on that man advantage and on a second one a short time later, but failed to double the lead.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The material contained on this site is intended to inform, entertain and educate the reader and in no way represents an inducement to gamble legally or illegally or any sort of professional advice.
    Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Imagine, though, that all the books ingested by LLM training sets only contained the information on the dust jackets.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Essential oils are not regulated for safety and potency by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
    Emily Brown, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement Minimal protections for football’s youngest players Experts argue that youth football is the least regulated of all.
    Alana Semuels, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Britain has in recent months been hit by US tariffs targeting key export sectors and now faces the prospect of its steel sales to the EU — a major market — being curbed.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Hamas' top leadership has been assassinated, its fighting capacity severely curbed in Gaza.
    Emily Feng, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Yes, if your lease states that a fine will be charged for windows that are kept open during the winter.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Potted hardy hibiscus can be overwintered indoors and kept at 55ºF with three hours of direct full sunlight a day.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The measure has since been watered down and now requires children between the ages of 8 to 16, starting in 2027, to pass a five-step test to be considered properly restrained by a seat belt.
    CalMatters, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Many of the building’s inhabitants, including children, were restrained and marched outside.
    Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His production, measured by EPA per start on pass plays and QB rushes, ranks second among 33 qualifying quarterbacks (minimum three starts) this season, per TruMedia.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Elle Fanning, long overdue for Academy recognition, delivers what many consider her finest work yet — measured, devastating, revelatory.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Ruled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruled. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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