Thesaurus results for RULINGS

rulings

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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 In March 2017, his Interior Department reversed two Obama administration rulings that had blocked Cadiz’s ability to use a 43-mile pipeline to carry water from the desert to Southern California users. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026 Inconsistency with DECs, head coaches One key issue is the clear and obvious lack of uniformity with district executive committee rulings across the state. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026 Kagan writes first solo dissent Liberal Justice Elena Kagan is known to work with her conservative colleagues to craft narrower rulings to blunt their impact. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 11 July 2026 The findings, which Meta disputes, follow rulings from two US juries this year that Meta has intentionally addicted and harmed young users — cases that focused on many of the same features. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 10 July 2026 The latest Supreme Court rulings cast doubt on those sentiments. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2026 Unless some court rulings go their way, US firms will have to rely on their own countermeasures to stop it. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 July 2026 However, extravagant demands from government litigators are better suited to generate breathless headlines than favorable court rulings. — David B McGarry, Oc Register, 8 July 2026 With those rulings, the federal government has lost similar cases more than 10 times around its requests for details from 30 states and the District of Columbia. — ABC News, 8 July 2026

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Earlier this month, two Romanian men were given prison sentences over the stabbing of a journalist from a Persian-language television station, an attack the judge said was carried out on behalf of the Iranian state.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Trump commuted their prison sentences, but they were not covered by the president’s mass pardons.

— Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

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The artists were protesting the approval of two decrees that regulate and censor artists not affiliated with state institutions, and penalize freedom of expression and independent journalism.

— Sarah Moreno June 5, Miami Herald, 6 June 2026
Editors also printed speeches of major national and state political leaders as well as significant government documents, including sessions of state legislatures and governors’ decrees.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

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While the findings are important when thinking about how to make sports safer, the data is still preliminary.

— Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 12 July 2026
Preliminary findings indicated a measurable reduction in particulate emissions associated with contrail formation when the G800 operated on the fuel.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026

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Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse The highly agile Getty shooter Alan Crowhurst has done us a great favor by bringing concrete cloakroom evidence of the many social and administrative challenges that the (famous) Royal Ascot costume edicts require in order to be properly met.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
The age of the Germanic male genius delivering edicts from on high has run its course.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

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Yolo County jurors in June 2025 acquitted Dominguez of second-degree murder in Breaux’s killing and failed to reach verdicts in Abou Najm’s killing and Guillory’s attack.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Both prison sentence and ban have been shortened The appeals court upheld guilty verdicts for all 11 accused, including Le Pen and other party members.

— Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

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The assistant secretary’s office is involved in decisions about funding next-generation vaccines against pandemic flu or other infectious disease threats.

— Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Some gold ETFs directly invest in bullion kept in vaults, while others invest in shares of mining companies that tend to follow the price of gold while also being swayed by the companies’ management decisions, efficiency and financials.

— Liz Knueven, CNBC, 15 July 2026

Definition of decisions

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Enforcing judgments against foreign officials often depends on locating assets that can legally be seized in the United States or other jurisdictions.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Lawsuits from Burge’s victims have cost taxpayers many millions in settlements and judgments, much of it paid out of city coffers.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

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