rule out
verb
ruled out; ruling out; rules out
2
: to make impossible : prevent
heavy rain ruled out the picnic
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Examples of rule out in a Sentence
another loss would rule them out of the tournament
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His lack of drawing skill, combined with his knowledge of what had been achieved in five hundred years of Western painting, seemed to rule out any attempt to paint on canvas in a traditional sense.
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Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
But Trump didn’t rule out pardoning individuals who pleaded guilty, including when host Kristen Welker asked him about people who had admitted to assaulting police officers.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
Neither team had the star power of Inter Miami, especially after Galaxy playmaker Riqui Puig was ruled out of the game with a torn anterior cruciate ligament sustained in the Western Conference final.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Especially when star forward LeBron James was ruled out because of left foot soreness, in addition to Austin Reaves missing his fifth consecutive game because of a bruised left pelvis.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 8 Dec. 2024
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Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
But Trump didn’t rule out pardoning individuals who pleaded guilty, including when host Kristen Welker asked him about people who had admitted to assaulting police officers.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
Neither team had the star power of Inter Miami, especially after Galaxy playmaker Riqui Puig was ruled out of the game with a torn anterior cruciate ligament sustained in the Western Conference final.
—Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Especially when star forward LeBron James was ruled out because of left foot soreness, in addition to Austin Reaves missing his fifth consecutive game because of a bruised left pelvis.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Rule out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rule%20out. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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