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1. Rules

   Rules is the debut novel by author Cynthia Lord. Released by Scholastic, Inc. in 2006, it was a Newbery Honor book in 2007. It is also a Sunshine State Young Readers book for 2008–2009 and won the Schneider Family Book Award.

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1. rules

   Plural form of the word rule.

   There is a set of rules for our conduct at school which we respect.

   Submitted by MaryC on November 29, 2015  

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1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rules' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #937

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rules' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1537

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1. luser

2. lures

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1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rules in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rules in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of rules in a Sentence

1. State John Kerry:

   It is particularly important that Laos finds itself playing a critical role within ASEAN, and ASEAN itself is critical to upholding the rules-based system in the Asia-Pacific and ensuring that every country, big and small, has a say in addressing the matters of shared concern, we want everybody to have a voice within the region without regards to size, power and clout.

2. Amy Klobuchar:

   This fight has just begun, that's why, as chairwoman of Senate Rules Committee, I am announcing a series of hearings on the urgent need to pass critical voting, campaign finance, and ethics reforms, including a field hearing in Georgia to hear testimony on the recently enacted legislation to restrict voting in the state.

3. The Church:

   Under the index, the Pensions Board portfolio will have a 49.1% lower carbon intensity than its current passive allocation, were the latter companies (ExxonMobil, Chevron and BP) to set emissions targets covering all their emissions that align to the Paris Agreement then the Index rules would allow inclusion.

4. Philip Wolgin:

   There's a reason we have Flores in the first place, and that is to protect children. Period, given any number of recent reports on the abuses of children in immigration custody, we need these common-sense protections more than ever. ... It's hard to see how the rules wouldn't be challenged in court as not living up to the substance or spirit of the agreement.

5. Margrethe Vestager:

   The rules say if there is risk (to) financial stability, then there are exceptions for burden sharing and bail-in, the important thing is to figure out what is financial instability. So far during very serious circumstances in Spain, in Greece, in Slovenia the exceptions were never triggered.

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