RULED Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

ruled

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Definition of ruled next

past tense of rule

as in governed

to exercise authority or power over a sea captain who ruled his ship sternly but justly

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as in controlled

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) a monarch who is known for ruling her emotions with an iron hand

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Recent Examples of ruled After a federal judge ruled for the Justice Department, the merger was abandoned. —

John Cassidy, New Yorker, 11 May 2026 Referee Kelly Sutherland immediately ruled it a legal goal and motioned to say Hunt pushed the Avs captain into his own goalie. —

Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 10 May 2026 Cameras won't be banned from the high-profile murder case of the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk, a Utah judge ruled Friday, saying coverage requests from news stations would continue to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. —

Arkansas Online, 10 May 2026 War rumbles on Putin, who has ruled Russia as president or prime minister since the last day of 1999, faces a wave of anxiety in Moscow about the war in Ukraine, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people, left swathes of Ukraine in ruins, and drained Russia’s $3 trillion economy. —

Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026 None of the cases where appeals courts have ruled on the mandatory detention policy have been appealed by either side to the Supreme Court, but that could change in the coming months. —

Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026 Longtime Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox, whose teams ruled the National League during the 1990s and won the World Series in 1995, has died. —

CBS News, 9 May 2026 The Court of International Trade ruled 2-1 on May 7 that Trump’s February decision to use Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose the 10% levy was unlawful. —

Rachel Barber, USA Today, 9 May 2026 Teen queen Molly Ringwald may have ruled high school in a slew of '80s films, but 1986's Pretty in Pink was, shockingly, her only on-screen prom experience. —

Diana Pearl, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026

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Products governed by a trade deal with Canada and Mexico also were excluded.

— Zac Anderson, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Homeowners associations must adopt hurricane protection specifications for every parcel governed by the association, and these typically include the color and style for products that comply with the applicable building code.

— Nicole R. Kurtz, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026