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
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
Trump’s bombing campaign significantly dialed up the unaccountable military prerogatives of the American presidency.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
In other words, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle used to jealously guard the prerogatives of the legislative branch — the supreme branch, according to the Constitution — against overzealous presidents.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Trump’s bombing campaign significantly dialed up the unaccountable military prerogatives of the American presidency.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
In other words, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle used to jealously guard the prerogatives of the legislative branch — the supreme branch, according to the Constitution — against overzealous presidents.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prerogatives
Noun
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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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This event will kick off the network and wrestling promotion’s new rights deal.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Thanks to the flaw, the hackers were able to crack the credentials and gain administrative privileges to accounts on Ascension’s Microsoft Active Directory server, which can be harnessed to manage user accounts and applications over a company’s network.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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If convicted for the deaths of Michaud and Snyder, each charge carries a possible $100,000 fine, 40 years in prison and the loss of her driving privileges for up to five years.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Prerogatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prerogatives. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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