How to Use by the rules in a Sentence

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• Netflix was lightyears ahead of the competition for streaming, and its years of cranking out content earned it the right to ask customers to finally start playing by the rules.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
• Outrageous is the story of six aristocratic sisters who refused to play by the rules, their often-scandalous lives making headlines around the world.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
• Could Justin, by the rules, have made a case to stay with the team?
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2023
• And a lot of these folks are people who had played by the rules of the game.
  — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2023
• Here’s what that looks like ⚖️ Bloomberg is playing by the rules.
  — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2023
• Democrats play by the rules and are going to get slaughtered.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022
• Pushed to her breaking point, Harleen is tired of playing by the rules.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023
• The tribe is currently still bound by the rules of the consent decree.
  — oregonlive, 26 June 2023
• The truth is City teams are playing by the rules while some of their opponents aren’t.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2024
• The newcomers didn’t abide by the rules of the water, the locals grumbled.
  — Amy Qin Callaghan O’Hare, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• Elephant shed light on the power of lo-fi and not playing by the rules of a studio.
  — Ron Hart, SPIN, 1 Apr. 2023
• Not playing by the rules of the rainbow isn’t just silliness for silliness’ sake.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 June 2024
• Contractors that claim the credits but fail to abide by the rules face stiff fines and penalties.
  — Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
• Some cashiers still don’t know or care to abide by the rules that require them to sell the pills without asking for ID.
  — Mattie Kahn, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
• So was the children’s aunt Priscilla, who played by the rules of the system and applied for custody.
  — Robert Kolker, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
• And there’s no guarantee that up-and-coming variants will play by the rules we’re used to.
  — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 29 Aug. 2023
• Some school board lawyers are confused by the rules, and and those arguing for access have few ways to fight back.
  — Elle Reeve, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
• While the good guys are busy playing by the rules – democracies, free markets, and transparency – the bad guys are not.
  — Eli Amdur, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• At least one competitor, too, says Call Your Mother isn’t playing by the rules.
  — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 13 June 2024
• Barrymore insisted that her talk show, set to return for its fourth season on Sept. 18, will abide by the rules of the strike.
  — S. Dev, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023
• The guidelines are extensive but confusing around what must be disclosed and even who is bound by the rules.
  — Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
• Our government only works when people play by the rules.
  — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• Once the trade sanctions were put in place, European governments began to see the downside of not playing by the rules.
  — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• My grandparents worked hard, played by the rules, and achieved the American dream that enabled their children to succeed.
  — Mike Levin, Orange County Register, 21 May 2024
• Yang addressed the room of attendees, asking them to abide by the rules of keeping their speeches to 45 seconds in total.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 13 Feb. 2023
• She was obliged to attend a mass lecture, the equivalent of moral traffic school, and after promising to abide by the rules, her fines were canceled.
  — Azadeh Moaveni, Time, 7 Dec. 2022
• From Washington’s perspective, such moves are overdue to counter a growing rival that doesn’t play by the rules.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2023
• But Washington State head coach Jake Dickert says not everyone is playing by the rules.
  — Joe Morgan, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2022
• To realize these benefits, crypto has no choice but to begin playing by the rules of this very system.
  — WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
• Some took photos and selfies, a practice that is usually forbidden by the rules.
  — Mary Clare Jalonick, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024