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 In those rulings, Roberts joined with the court’s three liberal justices and at least one other conservative justice. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 The conflicting rulings from the 3rd and 9th circuit courts have provided an opportunity for the Supreme Court to get involved and review which regulator should have oversight of prediction markets, Bank of America said in a Monday note. — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 Sanft said Davis had been prepared for the possibility of a conviction because of the pretrial rulings. — Chloe Melas, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 The Warren Court, while making substantively democratic rulings, cemented a procedurally undemocratic arrangement. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Earlier this summer, in a flurry of rulings against prediction sites from Connecticut to Wisconsin, federal judges cited prior decisions from the Nevada case. — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 Anthropic had meanwhile also sued in the Northern District of California and won multiple rulings from Lin, a Biden appointee. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 Turkey’s government insists its courts are independent as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shrugs off European rulings, a stance that has already fueled a diplomatic clash with Western ambassadors over Kavala’s detention. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 The news was the latest in a head-spinning week of court rulings, emergency rulemaking sessions and player signings, all of which point to a college sports landscape in disarray. — Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rulings
  1. sentences
  2. decrees
  3. findings
  4. edicts
  5. verdicts
  6. decisions
  7. judgments
  8. directives
Noun
  • Recapping what the Panthers did Saturday What the Panthers did Saturday could be described in three short sentences.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud highlighted the sentences on Friday, saying the case exploited a program intended to feed thousands of children in Minnesota.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Iran is determined to smother any internal unrest Rezaei’s appointment came in a recent set of decrees by the supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, that formally set Iran’s new senior leadership, including top military posts.
    — Lee Keath, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The starting gun for the new posture in Tehran sounded with decrees reorganizing Iran’s security leadership last week issued in the name of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of decrees
Noun
  • Together, these findings pointed to uneven conditions beneath the road.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
  • What Applicants Should Do Now Companies weighing a charter can work backward from what the two letters found, and three of the OCC’s findings are worth addressing before filing.
    — AJ Dhaliwal, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of findings
Noun
  • The president’s orders and edicts have no basis in reality, are nonsensical and are making our nation significantly less safe.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Those who oppose the Mexican Mafia, or fail to follow the edicts of the gang’s leaders, are often targeted for beatings or even death.
    — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 22 July 2026
Definition of edicts
Noun
  • What verdicts is the jury considering in the Lindsay Clancy trial?
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The jury returned majority verdicts after deliberating for six hours and 29 minutes, the outlets reported.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of verdicts
Noun
  • The latest court decisions, however, have focused on whether Shirilla's postconviction petition was filed on time rather than the merits of those arguments.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • These decisions are not siloed within a sustainability team but are made the responsibility of commercial, sourcing, finance, and operations leaders.
    — Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of decisions
Noun
  • How Emotion Shapes The Data In his research, Daniel Kahneman found that humans often make intuitive, quick judgments first that can shape the deliberate reasoning that follows.
    — Aurelien Mangano, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Much of its aid has come in unsigned rulings on the emergency docket—ostensibly temporary and non-precedent-setting judgments that nevertheless carry serious consequences.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of judgments
Noun
  • Nearly one-third of Americans vote by mail and election officials contend there isn’t enough time to revise their systems to comply with the new Postal Service directives.
    — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Nearly one-third of Americans vote by mail, and election officials contend there isn’t enough time to revise their systems to comply with the new Postal Service directives.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of directives

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“Rulings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rulings. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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