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rule
noun as in standard, principle of behavior
Strong matches
aphorism, apothegm, assize, axiom, basis, canon, command, commandment, criterion, decorum, dictum, direction, edict, etiquette, formula, fundamental, gnome, guide, keynote, keystone, maxim, model, moral, ordinance, precept, prescription, propriety, regimen, tenet, truism
Weak matches
brocard, chapter and verse, decretion, no-no's, the book, the numbers
noun as in leadership of organization
Strongest matches
administration, authority, control, domination, government, power, regime, reign, sovereignty
Strong matches
ascendancy, command, direction, dominion, empire, influence, jurisdiction, supremacy, sway
Weak match
noun as in method, way
Example Sentences
Our guys have been great about the rules and we’re adjusting.
My rule of thumb is that if it cooks quickly at a high heat on the stovetop, it will cook quickly under the high heat of a broiler, too.
General rules and guidelines are not likely to be the way to go, she says.
He went back and forth over the legislature’s proposed vaccination rules and has struggled to convince teachers and administrators to reopen schools.
Nextdoor would not comment on individual users but emphasized the site has rules in place against profanity, over-posting, and personal disputes.
Obviously, the first obligation of all liberal democratic governments is to enforce the rule of law.
And so the same creeping rot of the rule of law that the administration has inflicted on immigration now bedevils our drug laws.
Rule 16(c) was a proposed change in the rules at the 1976 Republican Convention.
The rule of law, you see, buckles, bends and sometimes crumbles under the weight of racism, sexism, and classism.
His rule over the country came to an end in 1979 when the director of the KCIA shot Park and his bodyguard to death at dinner.
All elements of expression modify each other, so that no mere rule can cover all cases.
As a rule, however, even in the case of extreme varieties, a careful examination of the specimen will enable it to be identified.
He set down as the second the golden rule, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them.”
Hence arise factions, dissensions, and loss to their religious interests and work; and these intruders seek to rule the others.
This impulse to extend rule appears more plainly in many of the little ceremonial observances of the child.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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