as in right
something to which one has a just claim
it's your prerogative to refuse to attend religious services
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Recent Examples of prerogative
For well more than a century, regulating immigration has been purely a federal prerogative.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
Every state delegation has its own prerogatives to protect: New York Republicans, for example, resist cuts to Amtrak, while Iowa Republicans reject G.O.P. efforts to cut biofuel tax credits.
—New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Moreover, technological breakthroughs are not just the prerogative of startups.
—London Business School, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Normally, such policy is the prerogative of the U.S. Trade Representative, who operates under the auspices of the executive office of the President, not the Treasury Department.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
Every state delegation has its own prerogatives to protect: New York Republicans, for example, resist cuts to Amtrak, while Iowa Republicans reject G.O.P. efforts to cut biofuel tax credits.
—New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Moreover, technological breakthroughs are not just the prerogative of startups.
—London Business School, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Normally, such policy is the prerogative of the U.S. Trade Representative, who operates under the auspices of the executive office of the President, not the Treasury Department.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Prerogative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prerogative. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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