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ruling in

ruling in is the present participle and gerund of rule in.

Meaning of rule in

Verb

rule in (third-person singular simple present rules in, present participle ruling in, simple past and past participle ruled in)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To consider (something) as a possible option among others.
    • It was coming from a credible source, someone with a track record, someone who was a credible and respected member of an allied intelligence service during his career, and so it was important that we try to understand it, and see what could we verify, what could we rule in or rule out.2018 April 15, James Comey, “ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
    Synonyms:
    consider

Questions about ruling in

What is ruling in the present participle and gerund of?
Ruling in is the present participle and gerund of rule in.

Words near ruling in in the dictionary

  1. ruling classes
  2. ruling grade
  3. ruling grades
  4. ruling gradient
  5. ruling gradients
  6. ruling in
  7. ruling off
  8. ruling OK
  9. ruling on
  10. ruling out
  11. ruling pen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ruling in (page history and authors); rule in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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