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
But how exactly state judges should balance their prerogative to run their courtrooms without federal interference and federal officials' prerogative to enforce immigration law remains ambiguous.
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Tovia Smith, NPR, 17 May 2025
With countless examples like St. Louis, Congress should consider legislation to help empower criminal juries to exercise their full measure of powers and prerogatives and better equip them to play their historic injustice-preventing role in our breathtakingly punitive criminal justice system.
—Mike Fox, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
An indifference to fortune was, paradoxically, the prerogative of the fortunate.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Share stories that celebrate how honest feedback prevented problems or sparked innovation while respecting leadership prerogatives.
—Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Tovia Smith, NPR, 17 May 2025
With countless examples like St. Louis, Congress should consider legislation to help empower criminal juries to exercise their full measure of powers and prerogatives and better equip them to play their historic injustice-preventing role in our breathtakingly punitive criminal justice system.
—Mike Fox, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
An indifference to fortune was, paradoxically, the prerogative of the fortunate.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Share stories that celebrate how honest feedback prevented problems or sparked innovation while respecting leadership prerogatives.
—Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for prerogative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prerogative
Noun
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Every child deserves the right to a safe sleep environment free from invisible chemical hazards that threaten their development, their potential, and ultimately their future.—
Arlene Blum,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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That doesn’t give them the right to commit acts of violence, to intimidate, harass, and threaten other people.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
10 June 2025
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But here the focus is on a Black family grappling both with the burdens and privileges of a father’s unique legacy and the difficulty of adapting to changing times and new frontiers of political struggle.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
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Least privilege remains the goal, but detectability becomes a core requirement.—
Ofir Har-Chen,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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“Prerogative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prerogative. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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