Set of rules
Way and set of rules are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Way" instead a noun phrase "Set of rules".
Way
Way noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.
Set of rules and way are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Set of rules" instead a noun "Way".
Both terms in one sentence
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There is a way to limit the ruleset, involving initiating and then canceling card games until your opponent offers to play by a different set of rules.
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Rules Lawyers or people attempting to cause problems by Bothering by the Book also use it, since in virtually any bureaucracy or set of rules, there's at least one set of rules or regulations that are interlocked or contradictory and can be exploited this way.
Source: Catch-22 Dilemma -
Either way, the term stuck, and "open source" now indicates any software license that conforms to the Open Source Definition, a set of rules based on the Debian Free Software Guidelines (Debian being a highly influential and somewhat conservative distribution of Linux).
Source: Useful Notes / UNIX
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Way and Set of rules. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/set_of_rules/way
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