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
However, that effort has been challenged in court on the grounds that the state mandates infringe on local government prerogatives.
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Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
The Court’s ruling, expected by year’s end, will either restore Congress’s trade prerogatives, or confirm that the president’s emergency powers can reach deep into the heart of global commerce.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Not all Republicans agreed, but their bleats of complaint hardly suggested a Congress that had finally found the moment to reassert its institutional prerogatives.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
The Irvine Company dealt underperforming assets and exercised their own strategic prerogatives.
—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
Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
The Court’s ruling, expected by year’s end, will either restore Congress’s trade prerogatives, or confirm that the president’s emergency powers can reach deep into the heart of global commerce.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Not all Republicans agreed, but their bleats of complaint hardly suggested a Congress that had finally found the moment to reassert its institutional prerogatives.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
The Irvine Company dealt underperforming assets and exercised their own strategic prerogatives.
—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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Human rights organizations have renewed their criticism, airing concerns about the persecution of dissent in a country where more than 800 people are behind bars for political reasons, according to the legal rights organization Foro Penal.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Earle-Sears also attacked Spanberger over her support for transgender rights.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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As the inebriated soldiers learn when they’re granted easy entry back onto the base, Dick has special privileges.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
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Punishment for her infractions involved the loss of visitation, canteen and telephone privileges.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Prerogatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prerogatives. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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