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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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 Haitian Bridge Alliance, a rights group that advocates for Haitians immigrants, urged the Supreme Court to reject the government’s ask to end TPS and affirm lower court’s rulings upholding the protections. —

Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 17 June 2026 The lawful pathways, including defamation rulings, court orders, the DMCA, privacy laws such as the GDPR and the CCPA, and platform policy enforcement, typically fall within the attorney's territory rather than the agency's. —

Jason Phillips, USA Today, 17 June 2026 Leaders from Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida and Mississippi gathered June 3, during a virtual briefing hosted by the Groundwork Project and Southern Leadership for Voter Engagement to discuss the impact of recent court rulings and redistricting decisions. —

Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 17 June 2026 The decision called into question several lower-court rulings issued under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, including a 2023 order requiring Georgia to redraw portions of its congressional map after it was found to be discriminatory. —

Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2026 But prosecutors have also won key rulings, including a decision last month by state Judge Gregory Carro to allow crucial pieces of evidence to be presented at trial. —

Brian Mann, NPR, 15 June 2026 According to Yolo County Superior Court logs, Hader was awaiting rulings on multiple felony cases in Yolo County at the time of the alleged stabbing, including violating a probation agreement by possessing firearms, and had been due to appear in court on July 23. —

Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026 Multiple rulings throughout our courts, including from the Supreme Court, have knocked the old rules out from under college sports, and there’s not much left holding it together today. —

Sen. Rand Paul Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026 The chaos comes amid a tangled web of court cases and rulings over the map and the referendum campaign, called People Not Politicians. —

Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026

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Mother and son receive their sentences To have a strong case against Santana, the prosecution needed Victoriano Hernandez Olivo to testify, Lagerwall said in court.

— Shannon Tyler June 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 June 2026
Danticat’s sentences are amazing.

— Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 17 June 2026