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Rule in

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To consider (something) as a possible option among others. idiomatic, transitive

    "It was coming from a credible source, someone with a track record, someone who was a credible and respected member of an allied intelligence service during his career, and so it was important that we try to understand it, and see what could we verify, what could we rule in or rule out."

  2. 2
    include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules wordnet

Etymology

By analogy with rule out.

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