as in rights
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 prerogatives
Exercising the prerogatives of citizenship meant a wearying, lifelong battle to mitigate harm—one that would invariably fail, as the experiences of one generation faded out of living memory and another one picked up the same arguments and same ideas to reconfigure them in new ways.
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Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
But the mother of congressional prerogatives (enshrined in Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution) is the power to declare war.
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Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
The invocation of self-evident truths and inherent rights is a warrant for the destruction of existing order, a rhetorical erasure not only of the divine right of kings but also, more generally, of the prerogatives of power.
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New York Times,
9 June 2026
Experts have long maintained that Republican power grabs have thwarted the will of North Carolina voters, removing the Democratic governor’s control or partial control over numerous boards, entities and executive prerogatives and leaving him the nation’s weakest.
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Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
5 June 2026
But even putting such public health prerogatives aside, such mandates can serve as powerful protections that advance the interests of children who themselves would otherwise have gone unvaccinated.
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Adam W. Gaffney,
STAT,
18 May 2026
Surprise, surprise, JPMorgan Chase and other big banks survived this outrageous assault upon their prerogatives.
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John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
That goal neatly aligns with the record industry’s shifting prerogatives.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
On the contrary, congressional majorities have often sacrificed the institution’s prerogatives to presidents of their own party and sabotaged their institution’s operations with debilitating procedural changes, such as centralizing power away from congressional committees.
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Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
But the mother of congressional prerogatives (enshrined in Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution) is the power to declare war.
—
Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
The invocation of self-evident truths and inherent rights is a warrant for the destruction of existing order, a rhetorical erasure not only of the divine right of kings but also, more generally, of the prerogatives of power.
—
New York Times,
9 June 2026
Experts have long maintained that Republican power grabs have thwarted the will of North Carolina voters, removing the Democratic governor’s control or partial control over numerous boards, entities and executive prerogatives and leaving him the nation’s weakest.
—
Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
5 June 2026
But even putting such public health prerogatives aside, such mandates can serve as powerful protections that advance the interests of children who themselves would otherwise have gone unvaccinated.
—
Adam W. Gaffney,
STAT,
18 May 2026
Surprise, surprise, JPMorgan Chase and other big banks survived this outrageous assault upon their prerogatives.
—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
That goal neatly aligns with the record industry’s shifting prerogatives.
—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
On the contrary, congressional majorities have often sacrificed the institution’s prerogatives to presidents of their own party and sabotaged their institution’s operations with debilitating procedural changes, such as centralizing power away from congressional committees.
—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prerogatives
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The UConn Foundation will be looking for naming-rights revenue opportunities for the fields, which will allow the team to work outdoors more often.
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Carlson opted to test free agency and signed a two-year deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning after the Ducks dealt his rights to the Carolina Hurricanes.
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An ultra-secure cloud environment is useless if the identity management policy is lax or if access privileges are not reviewed on a strict need-to-know basis.
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Justices Thomas and Jackson focused in part on the court’s notorious 1857 decision called Dred Scott, which ruled a slave couldn’t be a citizen or claim the resultant rights and privileges.
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“Prerogatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prerogatives. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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