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
But how exactly state judges should balance their prerogative to run their courtrooms without federal interference and federal officials' prerogative to enforce immigration law remains ambiguous.
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Tovia Smith, NPR, 17 May 2025
With countless examples like St. Louis, Congress should consider legislation to help empower criminal juries to exercise their full measure of powers and prerogatives and better equip them to play their historic injustice-preventing role in our breathtakingly punitive criminal justice system.
—Mike Fox, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
An indifference to fortune was, paradoxically, the prerogative of the fortunate.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Share stories that celebrate how honest feedback prevented problems or sparked innovation while respecting leadership prerogatives.
—Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Tovia Smith, NPR, 17 May 2025
With countless examples like St. Louis, Congress should consider legislation to help empower criminal juries to exercise their full measure of powers and prerogatives and better equip them to play their historic injustice-preventing role in our breathtakingly punitive criminal justice system.
—Mike Fox, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
An indifference to fortune was, paradoxically, the prerogative of the fortunate.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Share stories that celebrate how honest feedback prevented problems or sparked innovation while respecting leadership prerogatives.
—Tracy Lawrence, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prerogative
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If your submission is selected for inclusion in the NPR News Quiz, you will be acknowledged in a list of contributors on NPR's website or otherwise receive appropriate credit, but failure to do so shall not be deemed a breach of your rights.—
Holly J. Morris,
NPR,
30 May 2025
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The department also threw its support behind a pending lawsuit alleging similar violations of girls’ rights in the Riverside Unified School District, said U.S. Atty.—
Hailey Branson-Potts,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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Punishments for killing a grizzly include a maximum civil penalty of $10,000, up to six months in jail, and losing hunting privileges for one to three years, the wildlife agency’s spokesperson T.J. Ross told McClatchy News by email May 21.—
Helena Wegner,
Idaho Statesman,
22 May 2025
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Rubio reiterated that student visas are a privilege not a right, especially if a person engages in property destruction or other acts of violence.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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“Prerogative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prerogative. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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