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
Some of the players involved said Lurie is still trying to figure out how to balance competing prerogatives without damaging his relationships.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 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
Pursuing justice and controlling immigration are a government’s rightful prerogatives.
—The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Dec. 2025
However, that effort has been challenged in court on the grounds that the state mandates infringe on local government prerogatives.
—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
Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 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
Pursuing justice and controlling immigration are a government’s rightful prerogatives.
—The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Dec. 2025
However, that effort has been challenged in court on the grounds that the state mandates infringe on local government prerogatives.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prerogatives
Noun
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This is the first year of the league’s new 11-year, $77 billion media rights deal with the three networks.—
Mike Prada,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Preborn children are human beings with inherent rights, dignity and worth that no contract should supersede.—
Kimberly Bird,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Angelboy and TwinkleStar03 from the DEVCORE Research Team used an Improper Access Control bug to escalate privileges on Microsoft Windows 11 and were rewarded with a $30,000 bounty.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Legal trouble, fines and losing driving privileges.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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“Prerogatives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prerogatives. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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