Thesaurus results for RULINGS

rulings

noun

plural of ruling

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

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Recent Examples of rulings Under the legislation, courts must issue rulings on amnesty requests within 15 days, while a special commission will review cases not explicitly covered by the new law. —

Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026 Jung Yeon-Je / AFP via Getty Images Facing rulings alongside him were seven former military officers and senior police officials accused of participating in the imposition of martial law, including former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, with prosecutors seeking prison terms of 10 years to life. —

Stella Kim, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026 The second wave of rulings – each Broadway season typically brings batches of four or five by nominations in May – were announced today. —

Greg Evans, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026 Abrego Garcia was unlawfully deported to El Salvador last year and, following a series of court rulings, brought back to the US to face federal human smuggling charges in Tennessee. —

Devan Cole, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026 Curlers anticipate debates and rule changes to come, such as whether video replays should be used to assist rulings, and what penalties curlers who break the rules incur. —

Pien Huang, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026 These local rulings tend to offer narrower precedent for future disputes as well. —

Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026 The administration has appealed rulings by federal judges in Chicago and Oregon that deemed the deployments unconstitutional. —

Christopher Cann, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026 Political ideology does not inform my rulings, my courtroom management, or my leadership as a judge. —

Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026

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Funston was sentenced in 1999 to three consecutive sentences of 25 years to life and one sentence of 20 years and eight months.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
In total, she has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for various criminal convictions over the course of her life, though some of those sentences were concurrent.

— Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026