prerogatives

plural of prerogative
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 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
  • These spam texts ask for $10 while billionaires like Elon Musk support an infrastructure of misinformation and outrage that is keeping the American population busy fighting one another online while our rights are shredded.
    Sarah Stankorb, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The rights to the book are shared between the Fred Roven (Charles Roven’s brother) estate, which is being handled by his son, Daryn Roven, and the Tom Wolfe estate, handled by Alexandra Wolfe, Tommy Wolfe, and Sheila Wolfe.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This makes county fairs almost like quasi-governmental organizations, said Ahlers of the Anoka County Fair, even though some of the privileges aren’t exactly practicable.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Hosting privileges rotate each time, with Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York, the arena for the 45th edition of the tournament after Rome’s Marco Simone Golf Club staged the 2023 contest.
    Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Prerogatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prerogatives. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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