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
But the mother of congressional prerogatives (enshrined in Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution) is the power to declare war.
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Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
The invocation of self-evident truths and inherent rights is a warrant for the destruction of existing order, a rhetorical erasure not only of the divine right of kings but also, more generally, of the prerogatives of power.
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New York Times,
9 June 2026
Experts have long maintained that Republican power grabs have thwarted the will of North Carolina voters, removing the Democratic governor’s control or partial control over numerous boards, entities and executive prerogatives and leaving him the nation’s weakest.
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Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
5 June 2026
But even putting such public health prerogatives aside, such mandates can serve as powerful protections that advance the interests of children who themselves would otherwise have gone unvaccinated.
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Adam W. Gaffney,
STAT,
18 May 2026
Surprise, surprise, JPMorgan Chase and other big banks survived this outrageous assault upon their prerogatives.
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John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
The district judge declined her jurisdictional prerogatives, saying that the case was too serious to be settled in a magistrates’ court and must be heard by a Crown Court, which deals with the most severe criminal offenses.
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Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
That goal neatly aligns with the record industry’s shifting prerogatives.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
On the contrary, congressional majorities have often sacrificed the institution’s prerogatives to presidents of their own party and sabotaged their institution’s operations with debilitating procedural changes, such as centralizing power away from congressional committees.
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Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
12 June 2026
The invocation of self-evident truths and inherent rights is a warrant for the destruction of existing order, a rhetorical erasure not only of the divine right of kings but also, more generally, of the prerogatives of power.
—
New York Times,
9 June 2026
Experts have long maintained that Republican power grabs have thwarted the will of North Carolina voters, removing the Democratic governor’s control or partial control over numerous boards, entities and executive prerogatives and leaving him the nation’s weakest.
—
Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
5 June 2026
But even putting such public health prerogatives aside, such mandates can serve as powerful protections that advance the interests of children who themselves would otherwise have gone unvaccinated.
—
Adam W. Gaffney,
STAT,
18 May 2026
Surprise, surprise, JPMorgan Chase and other big banks survived this outrageous assault upon their prerogatives.
—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
The district judge declined her jurisdictional prerogatives, saying that the case was too serious to be settled in a magistrates’ court and must be heard by a Crown Court, which deals with the most severe criminal offenses.
—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
That goal neatly aligns with the record industry’s shifting prerogatives.
—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
On the contrary, congressional majorities have often sacrificed the institution’s prerogatives to presidents of their own party and sabotaged their institution’s operations with debilitating procedural changes, such as centralizing power away from congressional committees.
—
Stephen Kotkin,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prerogatives
Noun
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In Los Angeles, Wakasa said, a DSA mayor would be expected to build more public transit, strengthen protections for renters, fight for workers’ rights, raise the minimum wage and defend local immigrants from the federal government.
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What specifically might these legal rights and protections look like?
Noun
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Too many organizations still handle these carelessly, with credentials baked into code, privileges that are far too broad, secrets shared across systems, or tokens that live forever.
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What’s more, criminal convictions and restrictions on doctors’ hospital privileges are nowhere to be found, despite state law requiring the information be publicly available.
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“Prerogatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prerogatives. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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