Precipitation Reported As A Rule

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful • the period during which a monarch is sovereign • royal authority; the dominion of a monarch verb • have sovereign power • be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
	22%	15		Transition from colonial rule to self-rule
	noun • the action of changing from colonial to independent status
	21%	15		This politician's rule ended when he was forced to step down and allow majority rule in Zimbabwe.
	noun • Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

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