Examine
Rule
Rule verb - To exercise authority or power over.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Obvious Rule Patch: Early episodes featured a "walk-by" that would allow the panel to closely examine the contestants and their clothing, way of walking, etc.
Source: Series / What's My Line? -
The purposes of including a Singularity in the setting of a story, beyond the Rule of Cool, can be to examine the difference between how people of particular political philosophies approach change.
Source: The Singularity
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