Chief and Ruling

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Chief

Chief adjective - Highest in rank or authority.

Usage example: the chief administrator will be retiring soon

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Ruling is a synonym for chief in first topic. In some cases you can use "Ruling" instead an adjective "Chief", when it comes to topics like main, essential.

Nearby Word: chiefly

Ruling

Ruling adjective - Held by or applicable to a majority of the people.

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Chief is a synonym for ruling in first topic. You can use "Chief" instead an adjective "Ruling", if it concerns topics such as main, predominant, prevailing.

Nearby Words: rule, ruler, ruled

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old	old chief	old ruling
future	future chief	future ruling
original	original chief	original ruling
actual	actual chief	actual ruling
Other adjectives: real, bad, black, new, late, later, previous.

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Thus, the crown prince's best friend and chief advisor might be a duke, ruling over several earldoms, advised by the ducal chancellor.

Source: Standard Royal Court
Judge Dredd: Dredd has been asked to be the new Chief Justice of Mega-City One on several occasions after having saved the city from grave dangers that wiped out or killed off the previous sitting ruling order.

Source: Offered the Crown
Taney as Chief Justice; you may remember Taney was the Chief Justice who gave the ruling for Dred Scott v.

Source: Useful Notes / Andrew Jackson

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