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
The Irvine Company dealt underperforming assets and exercised their own strategic prerogatives.
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
When the Democratic-majority Congress learned of the campaign, the Senate promptly passed an amendment to defund it, reasserting both its war-making prerogative and the power of the purse.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Certain subjects are permissible in collective bargaining, while others are management’s prerogative.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
If someone chose to assume that there are phones or laptops on the tables next to the characters, that’s the reader’s prerogative.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
When the Democratic-majority Congress learned of the campaign, the Senate promptly passed an amendment to defund it, reasserting both its war-making prerogative and the power of the purse.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Certain subjects are permissible in collective bargaining, while others are management’s prerogative.
—Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
If someone chose to assume that there are phones or laptops on the tables next to the characters, that’s the reader’s prerogative.
—Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prerogative
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Iran has executed a man accused of spying for Israel, Iranian state media reported, after the rights group Amnesty International said the man, Babak Shahbazi, had been sentenced to death in an unfair trial marred by allegations of torture.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The attorney general faced immense backlash from the left and the right over her comments, prompting her to clarify the remarks, which were widely interpreted as calling for unlawful prosecutions, on Tuesday morning.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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Being able to travel is a great privilege, and that certainly isn't lost on Noack.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The actress is also quick to acknowledge her privilege as a mother with agency in her professional life.—
Avalon Hester,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Prerogative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prerogative. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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