rulings

noun

plural of ruling
1
as in sentences
a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard the controversial ruling by the state's supreme court caused an uproar

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2
as in decrees
an order publicly issued by an authority the FCC's ruling regarding the broadcasting of obscenities

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Recent Examples of rulings The evidence is in statements, rulings, orders and outright anger during hearings. — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Get timely insight into the cases, rulings, and constitutional questions defining America’s legal landscape. — Washington Examiner, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2026 Kalshi has filed rehearing petitions asking the Sixth and Ninth Circuits to review their latest rulings, citing the forthcoming CFTC rules. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 If those rulings are not overturned, Douglas County would forfeit games in which the two played. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The 10th Circuit, however, carefully distinguished Colorado’s program from the ones in those landmark rulings. — Preston Green Iii, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026 The Supreme Court's decision not to hear Thompson's case was one of two federal court rulings against lobster fishermen this month. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 The 10th Circuit governs federal district courts in six states—Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming—and its rulings are influential, though not binding, elsewhere. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2026 In an amicus brief filed in support of a September petition by the New Jersey attorney general's office, the NFL expressed support for prior court rulings favoring state regulation of prediction markets. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rulings
  1. sentences
  2. decrees
  3. findings
  4. edicts
  5. verdicts
  6. decisions
  7. judgments
  8. directives
Noun
  • Three men in Mexico received 158-year prison sentences Friday for the murders of Australian surfers Callum and Jake Robinson and their American friend Carter Redd Rhoad.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Trump had called for the leakers to face long-term jail sentences.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of sentences
Noun
  • Sánchez's government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week when right-wing opposition parties voted down emergency decrees introduced by his government to address evictions and real estate speculation.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Right-wing opposition parties joined forces to scuttle two emergency decrees introduced by Sánchez's government that included measures to reduce evictions and real estate speculation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of decrees
Noun
  • Defense attorney Phil Barber said the findings could rule out certain individuals as contributors and may provide ancestry information, although the test cannot differentiate between men who share the same paternal ancestors.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The findings also differ from what researchers have observed in pond snails.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of findings
Noun
  • Pro teams also tend to follow league edicts, especially since teams and their owners are contractually bound to their leagues.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The film by and large follows the edicts of Iranian neorealism, with unobtrusive observations and a naturalistic soundscape.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of edicts
Noun
  • Kang also points to the pairing of family drama with a mystery that keeps forcing audiences to rethink both the characters and their own verdicts.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The verdicts followed a month-long trial that included testimony about one victim pleading for his life before the killings.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of verdicts
Noun
  • The two built the models that modern central banks use to stabilize the economy, shifting macro policymakers’ focus from big economic variables like inflation and unemployment to the actual decisions of individuals.
    — Dario Marino, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
  • All of those decisions are risky, and Apple’s riskiest decision was the Duo’s size and shape.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of decisions
Noun
  • Kant argued that aesthetic judgments are both subjective and presumptively universal.
    — Lola Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
  • TypeSafe says Jev is designed to handle these judgments faster and more cheaply than general-purpose language models, but with the same ability to set up the classifier through easy, natural language instructions that LLMs offer.
    — Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of judgments
Noun
  • Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain concluded that Olson violated two department directives, including rules governing conduct unbecoming an officer and conduct toward fellow employees.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Wednesday’s filing marks the latest escalation in the legal fight over conditions at the facility and the government’s lack of compliance with the court’s directives.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
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