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
And these power brokers had little interest in letting Roosevelt infringe upon their prerogatives.
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Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made By History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
Empathy, therefore, is a Gen Z prerogative at the workplace.
—Aditya Malik, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The interactions with Congress are this delicate dance, because a secretary wants to protect the prerogatives of the president and the executive branch.
—Evelyn Farkas, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2025
For well more than a century, regulating immigration has been purely a federal prerogative.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made By History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
Empathy, therefore, is a Gen Z prerogative at the workplace.
—Aditya Malik, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
The interactions with Congress are this delicate dance, because a secretary wants to protect the prerogatives of the president and the executive branch.
—Evelyn Farkas, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2025
For well more than a century, regulating immigration has been purely a federal prerogative.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for prerogative
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“Prerogative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prerogative. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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