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 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 The court is expected to issue its rulings on both matters on June 22. —

Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 12 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 Some property owners block beach access by closing roads leading to the sand, as one California property owner illegally did by locking two gates for years, according to a series of rulings by the state’s coastal commission. —

Melissa Scanlan, The Conversation, 9 June 2026 The Supreme Court on June 8 declined to review lower court rulings that the school did not violate the student’s free speech rights by prohibiting the hat. —

Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 June 2026 In late May, the outlet NOTUS reported that conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's son Philip Alito quietly picked up a job as a Treasury Department lawyer, drawing scrutiny over his father's rulings affecting that agency. —

Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026 David’s attorneys argued in court that the reports were retaliation for rulings that didn’t go Michelle’s way. —

Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026

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Todd Chrisley was initially sentenced to 12 years and Julie Chrisley received seven years, although both sentences were later reduced.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Still, in its effort to crack down on repeat drug dealers with fines of up to $20,000 and jail sentences as long as six months, the proposal would also set harsher penalties for people who smoke marijuana in public.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026