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
Taylor fills the bootstraps of Perfidia Beverly Hills, a formidable leader armed with a rifle fighting for the cause, her main prerogative is to overtake the institutions that imprison and attack vulnerable groups.
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Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
There is no mistaking that the Democrats are on thin ice with their knee-jerk and obligatory nods to local prerogative.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Though irony, an approach Alighieri actually revered, isn’t so much Schnabel’s prerogative.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Pop didn’t give up the prerogative to broad appeal.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
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Essence, 18 Sep. 2025
There is no mistaking that the Democrats are on thin ice with their knee-jerk and obligatory nods to local prerogative.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Though irony, an approach Alighieri actually revered, isn’t so much Schnabel’s prerogative.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
Pop didn’t give up the prerogative to broad appeal.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prerogative
Noun
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Tablet Deals The Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ gets a lot right (even more so with this discount).—
Jade Chung-Lee,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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Employers have both the right and responsibility to protect a respectful, civil culture.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Pike settled her lawsuit in 2024 and gained more privileges, ending her de facto solitary confinement.—
Evan Mealins,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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If the past offers any guide, however, Havana will instead continue to rely on its formidable security apparatus to repress is citizens, while privatizing in ways that do not threaten the power and privileges of the elite.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Prerogative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prerogative. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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