"rule in" meaning in English

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    {
      "word": "rule out"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "By analogy with rule out.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rules in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruling in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruled in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruled in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "rule in (third-person singular simple present rules in, present participle ruling in, simple past and past participle ruled in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (in)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 April 15, James Comey, “ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To consider (something) as a possible option among others."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, transitive) To consider (something) as a possible option among others."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "consider"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rule in"
}

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    {
      "word": "rule out"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rule out"
      },
      "expansion": "rule out",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "By analogy with rule out.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rules in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruling in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruled in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruled in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "rule in (third-person singular simple present rules in, present participle ruling in, simple past and past participle ruled in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (in)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 April 15, James Comey, “ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To consider (something) as a possible option among others."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, transitive) To consider (something) as a possible option among others."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "consider"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rule in"
}