RULED (ON) Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

ruled (on)

verb

past tense of rule (on)

as in decided

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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The merch was originally made for OpenAI employees to purchase on an internal site, but the team decided to make a small capsule collection available to the public.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
At the time, Valli’s rep told Variety in a statement that the musician decided to cancel the shows instead of rescheduling them so that his fans with tickets would not be stuck in limbo.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of decided

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The plan’s success, or lack thereof, can’t be determined until the end of the season, but Sutton on Friday certainly looked like a player who benefited from a couple of days of light work.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Altus Power, the owner of the solar panels, said that the cause of the fire had not been determined.

— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of determined

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Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by a Gwinnett County man in 2022, avoiding a trial that was set to begin Monday in federal court in Atlanta.

— Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
The sisters shook off their poor first set, settled in, and won the first three games of the second as their timing and shot selection improved enough to take advantage of a slight dip from Stearns and Kostyuk.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of settled

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It should also be judged by whether agencies themselves become more accountable, more transparent and more competent.

— Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026
Min Aung Hlaing was inaugurated president in April following a general election judged by United Nations experts and rights groups to be neither free nor fair.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

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