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
Under the law, however, any attempt by the president to supersede the prerogative of independent agencies violates the separation of powers and congressional authority.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
But Trump is hardly the first president to push the limits of his Article II prerogatives, nor are today’s congressional Republicans unique in their readiness to acquiesce.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Perhaps even more worrisome, Trump has not confined his vengeance to the wire service; in seizing control of the press pool, Trump is challenging a prerogative of the White House press corps that goes back more than a century.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
One of the very depressing and dispiriting aspects of this is that Congress is not standing up for its prerogatives.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
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Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
But Trump is hardly the first president to push the limits of his Article II prerogatives, nor are today’s congressional Republicans unique in their readiness to acquiesce.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Perhaps even more worrisome, Trump has not confined his vengeance to the wire service; in seizing control of the press pool, Trump is challenging a prerogative of the White House press corps that goes back more than a century.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2025
One of the very depressing and dispiriting aspects of this is that Congress is not standing up for its prerogatives.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Prerogative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prerogative. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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