Needed and Ruled

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Needed adjective - Impossible to do without.

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Ruled and needed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ruled" instead a noun "Needed".

Nearby Words: need, needs, needy, needful, needing

Ruled adjective - Subject to a ruling authority.

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Needed and ruled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Needed" instead a noun "Ruled".

Nearby Words: rule, ruling, ruler

This is purely because they needed a way to make Boromir and the dark-haired Aragorn instantly visually distinguishable, and putting Boromir in a Viking helmet had been ruled out.

Source: Adaptation Dye-Job aka: Adaptational Dye Job
Also, his descendants (gay or no, he was royal and needed to have kids) married into every Catholic monarchy in Europe and eventually ruled France themselves.

Source: Agent Peacock
The debate over the existence of Santa Claus would have been immediately ruled irrelevant as even if Santa was real, it didn't mean Kris wasn't a violent person that needed to be locked up.

Source: Film / Miracle on 34th Street

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