as in to decide
to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)
the coach ruled on the question of whether an off-campus bar fight ought to disqualify someone from the team
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Not least of which, how exactly does best picture get decided?—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
23 Feb. 2025 -
And yet, according to a new report, the pair have decided to give it another shot in 2025.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
22 Feb. 2025
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The data also helps to identify specific areas that are contributing to higher or lower inflation to determine if such variables are persistent or temporary disruptions.—
Chris Gunster,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The rule allows anything determined not to have a direct budgetary consequence to be removed from the bill.—
Barbara Sprunt,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2025
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Here, any sedimentary layers that settle to the bed of the brine pool remain exquisitely intact.—
Christina Shaw,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Powell had to settle for a showing in Saturday night’s 3-point contest.—
Law Murray,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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There will be ample opportunity to judge the accuracy of that remark soon enough.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
20 Feb. 2025
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His role was to judge who had executed the best guest bedroom makeover — Christina and her design team or her competition: her first ex-husband Tarek El Moussa, 43, and his wife, Heather Rae El Moussa, 37.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Rule (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rule%20%28on%29. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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