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as in governed
to exercise authority or power over
a sea captain who ruled his ship sternly but justly
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as in controlled
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
a monarch who is known for ruling her emotions with an iron hand
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Recent Examples of ruled
In the first inning on April 18, Orioles catcher Samuel Basallo challenged an 0-1 splitter that the umpire ruled a ball.
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Zack Meisel, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government made the decision after an Italian court ruled this month that Xu Zewei could be extradited, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
—Donato Paolo Mancini, Bloomberg, 26 Apr. 2026
No matter what a judge ruled, the treasurer’s office simply can’t cut the check.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
The manner of death was ruled a homicide.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
Minnesota appeared to take the lead late in the first period on a power play, but officials immediately ruled no goal because Heiskanen had been pushed into Oettinger by Joel Eriksson Ek on the play.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
Regardless of whether plans are rejigged, there will be plenty of pomp and circumstance for Charles, 77, as befitting a state visit of a British king to a country that his ancestors once ruled.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
Which is where the 2022 Heat first-round pick was for the entirety of the loss to the Hornets, even with the Heat losing starting center Bam Adebayo in the opening ticks of the second quarter to the back injury inflicted by what later was ruled a flagrant foul on Hornets guard LaMelo Ball.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
The recently formed Racial Disparities Review Committee comes nearly 13 years after a federal judge ruled that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the nation’s largest police force violated the constitutional rights of minorities.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Zack Meisel, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government made the decision after an Italian court ruled this month that Xu Zewei could be extradited, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
—Donato Paolo Mancini, Bloomberg, 26 Apr. 2026
No matter what a judge ruled, the treasurer’s office simply can’t cut the check.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
The manner of death was ruled a homicide.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
Minnesota appeared to take the lead late in the first period on a power play, but officials immediately ruled no goal because Heiskanen had been pushed into Oettinger by Joel Eriksson Ek on the play.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 26 Apr. 2026
Regardless of whether plans are rejigged, there will be plenty of pomp and circumstance for Charles, 77, as befitting a state visit of a British king to a country that his ancestors once ruled.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
Which is where the 2022 Heat first-round pick was for the entirety of the loss to the Hornets, even with the Heat losing starting center Bam Adebayo in the opening ticks of the second quarter to the back injury inflicted by what later was ruled a flagrant foul on Hornets guard LaMelo Ball.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
The recently formed Racial Disparities Review Committee comes nearly 13 years after a federal judge ruled that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the nation’s largest police force violated the constitutional rights of minorities.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ruled
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Much of Venezuela’s gold production originates in the Orinoco Mining Arc, a vast and sparsely governed region in the south where state control is limited.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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Rocha Moya, a member of the Sheinbaum's left-leaning Morena party and close ally of her predecessor, has governed the violent state since 2021.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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If the user followed the instructions, including entering a PIN or scanning a QR code, their Signal accounts were linked to an external device controlled by the hackers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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McKinsey estimates that $100 trillion in wealth will pass to the next generation over the next few decades—and by 2030, 40% of investable wealth will be controlled by women.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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The authors argued that the typical American diet contained excessive calories and fat and lacked sufficient amounts of complex carbohydrates and dietary fiber.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Burick and one of his students assemble the base for one of ENIAC’s three portable function tables, which contained banks of switches that stored numerical constants.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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They’re regulated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to ensure proper safeguards are in place to prevent microscopic cement particles from causing health problems in nearby residents.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2026
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The president did not legalize psychedelics or weed, but his orders change the way these drugs will be regulated.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
24 Apr. 2026
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Lawyers and doctors can lose their licenses to practice, insider traders can be barred from the financial industry, public officials stripped of committee assignments, and dangerous speeding drivers should have their bad habit curbed.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Sirota said Medicaid and HCPF staff worked to give legislators information on where costs were increasing and how those costs could be curbed.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
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The breaks kept coming for Orlando.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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Trump kept a straight face during Obama’s speech, and at one point even waved during the president’s remarks.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Investor response to the launch was notably restrained compared with the shockwaves triggered by DeepSeek’s earlier R1 model.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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Two onlookers actually ran up to the squad car Davis was being put into and had to be briefly restrained by officers.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Keep your responses measured and your commitments realistic so nothing escalates unnecessarily.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ben Clemens at FanGraphs measured the change, relative to the 2025 regular season, and found that the zone has shrunk at the top of the zone and on the edges of the plate.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Ruled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruled. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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