according to rule
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In 2021, the agency reduced allowances for power plants in 12 states to curb an oversupply in the NOx-credit market, according to rule changes published by the EPA.
From Reuters • Apr. 22, 2023
Posts must be directly related to Elsagate, according to rule #3, with no sidetracks into adjacent theories about pedophile rings or MK Ultra.
From The Verge • Dec. 8, 2017
The enemy was playing the game according to rule, gathering up his mobile reserves, including crack German and Italian divisions of far-better battle quality than the garrison and coast-defense troops which had been brushed aside.
From Time Magazine Archive
One hundred and eighteen four-letter words, which, instead of being led by "that" or "this," according to rule, included more "they's" than anything else.
From Time Magazine Archive
In spite of all his gallantry of the day, and the resolutions he had made that his prison record should be strictly according to rule, Hugh John's sudden panic took complete hold of him.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
