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rule
  1. A regulation, law, guideline.
  2. A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
  3. A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
  4. A regulating principle.
  5. The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.
  6. A normal condition or state of affairs.
  7. (obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
  8. (law) An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
  9. (mathematics) A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
  10. (printing, dated) A thin plate of brass or other metal, of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work.
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  12. Examples:
    1. “The centuries of rule by the dynasty has left a lasting legacy in the region.”
      “I urge fellow members to rethink this controversial new rule that will only serve to limit our freedoms.”
      “The first rule for controlling diseases is prevention.”
ruler
  1. A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a rule; a straightedge with markings; a measure.
  2. A person who rules or governs; a person who exercises dominion or controlling power over others.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “In 1952, Gaj Singh was crowned as the 38th ruler of the Rathore dynasty founded in the 13th Century.”
      “He began taking measurements with a ruler.”
ruling
  1. An order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “And the bottom line came in the final ruling by the judge, who found enough evidence to bind Eric and Nanette over for trial.”
      “He acceded to the king's ruling that such important cases between lords must be heard at places and times fixed by the judges.”
rulership
  1. A position in which one rules or has sovereignty over others.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Emperor Xiaowen sought to center himself within the historical, geopolitical, and ritual complex of Chinese rulership and dynastic succession.”
      “Its expansive qualities are also evident in its rulership over adventurers, entrepreneurs, risk takers, investors, and explorers.”
      “It had immense cities and monumental architecture, yet little is known of its society or system of rulership.”
rulering
  1. A spanking with a ruler.
rulebreaking
  1. The breaking of a rule or rules.
rulemonger
  1. (derogatory) A stickler for rules.
rulebreaker
  1. One who breaks a rule.
ruleress
ruleset
  1. (computing) A set of rules.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The extant Laws date back to 1863 where a ruleset was formally adopted by the newly formed Football Association.”
rulebreakers
  1. plural of rulebreaker
rulemongers
  1. plural of rulemonger
rulerships
rulerings
  1. plural of rulering
ruleresses
  1. plural of ruleress
rulesets
  1. plural of ruleset
rulings
  1. plural of ruling
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The Supreme Court played a key role in immigration reform with its rulings that congressional districts must be reapportioned.”
      “After the war he retrieved his notes and began writing them out as full-length rabbinical rulings, or responsa.”
      “American court rulings may give the Korean judiciary a hint about how to handle this case.”
rulers
  1. plural of ruler
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In 762 AD the new rulers, called the Abbasid caliphs, founded a new capital city on the river Tigris.”
      “Not surprisingly, England's first female rulers, the sixteenth-century Tudor queens Mary I and Elizabeth I, assumed power as single women.”
      “An inquiry into the history of the idea of popular sovereignty as it has been shaped by the struggles between rulers and ruled.”
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