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rulers

noun as in tool for measuring or calculating length

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The result is a promotional twofer that’s appeared on a range of products including coffee mugs, key chains, rulers and notebooks.

The Yamaha concert grand also withstood bombing in a previous war between Israel and Gaza’s rulers - Hamas - in 2014, and was carefully restored the following year by a French music technician.

From BBC

In 1999, the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist movement that emerged triumphant from the Afghan civil war, wanted to legitimize themselves on the world stage as the rightful rulers of this mountainous land.

From Salon

Sati was first banned in 1829 by the British colonial rulers, but the practice had continued even after India’s independence in 1947.

From BBC

"Jesus brought them in and Jesus challenged Herod from the very start. Social justice and loving the poor and challenging corrupt rulers is baked into Jesus' teachings and mission and life from his birth as our incarnate God."

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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