Thesaurus results for RULINGS

rulings

noun

plural of ruling

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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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an order publicly issued by an authority the FCC's ruling regarding the broadcasting of obscenities

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Recent Examples of rulings School dance team members, being female exclusively, are not restricted by Title IX restrictions the way boys in baseball and basketball are restricted by Title IX rulings. —

Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026 In the hours after the Missouri Supreme Court upheld the state’s gerrymandered congressional map, the two rulings have ushered in a chaotic and uncertain period for Kansas City voters. —

Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2026 But in a matter of days, the race for control of the House — and the speaker’s gavel — was dramatically reset by back-to-back court rulings that wiped out the Democratic gains in Virginia and now threaten to erode Black representation by Democrats in the Deep South. —

Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026 What are the guiding principles that will shape your rulings or beliefs as a judge? —

Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026 The Monday oral arguments seemed likely to lead to a decision in the coming weeks more in line with the 2nd Circuit and 11th Circuit rulings than the rulings from the 5th Circuit and 8th Circuit. —

Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2026 Republicans have opened up an advantage in a national redistricting battle among states after a pair of court rulings that weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities and invalidated a key Democratic redistricting effort. —

David A. Lieb, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026 Democrats suffered a major setback and Republicans continued to reshape voting maps their way in a frantic week of developments prompted by court rulings. —

Larry Kaplow, NPR, 9 May 2026 Revenue Rulings are typically less individualized than private letter rulings, or PLRs, which are issued to a specific taxpayer in response to a specific request. —

Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026

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Under Oklahoma law, offenders with sentences of 10 years or less for nonviolent crimes who have already served minimums of 30 days could be considered for early release with GPS monitoring.

— Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 13 May 2026
The judge has discretion to decide whether Richins’ prison sentences for each count will overlap or stack up.

— Hannah Schoenbaum, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026