Key and Ruling

Key

Key adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

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Ruling and key are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ruling" instead an adjective "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

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

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Key and ruling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Key" instead an adjective "Ruling".

Nearby Words: rule, ruler, ruled

old	old key	old ruling
particular	particular key	particular ruling
similar	similar key	similar ruling
specific	specific key	specific ruling
Other adjectives: right, separate, original, powerful, actual, real, large, bad, dark, magic, ancient, new, final, minor, giant.

Unbeknownst to them save a key few, it is actually run by Iason, the top ruling Blondy.

Source: Black Market
The key was in the ignition but the gas tank was still mostly full, ruling out suicide, and while it is possible she had a medical condition, nothing could be proven.

Source: Finally Found the Body
This of course makes the entire thing seem somehow even more ridiculous when one realizes that someone, somewhere decided to make the key to ruling the world being good at inline skates.

Source: Serious Business / Anime and Manga

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