Thesaurus / prerogative
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There’s got to be a better way for the city to register community engagement, even while duly elected representatives retain their voting prerogative.
POLITICS REPORT: WHAT THE DRAMATIC COUNCIL PRESIDENT CONTEST TAUGHT USSCOTT LEWIS AND ANDREW KEATTSDECEMBER 12, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOCompetitive trail running, and, for that matter, the fevered pursuit of random FKTs, remains largely the prerogative of affluent amateurs with enough disposable income and time to spend their weekends endlessly gallivanting in the Marin Headlands.
BEHIND THE SCENES OF A UNIQUE FKT ATTEMPT IN KENYAMARTIN FRITZ HUBERNOVEMBER 24, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEAs for which prerogative takes precedence, it’s a line we all have to draw somewhere and adjust daily.
HOW DOES YOUR COVID-19 RISK TOLERANCE COMPARE TO OTHERS?CHRIS WILSONOCTOBER 19, 2020TIMEThe company’s “mission” is his prerogative, so long as he is in charge.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ‘APOLITICAL CULTURE’RHHACKETTFORTUNESEPTEMBER 30, 2020FORTUNEPromising to deliver on another reform, Lightfoot has worked to reduce the power of aldermen, such as by limiting their “prerogative” over matters large and small in their wards.
WHEN IS A MEETING NOT A MEETING AND A LAWMAKER NOT A LAWMAKER? WHEN IT’S LORI LIGHTFOOT’S CHICAGO.BY MICK DUMKESEPTEMBER 24, 2020PROPUBLICABut Mrs. Dodd, the present vicar's wife, retained the precious prerogative of choosing the book to be read at the monthly Dorcas.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSIf one man injures another, the prerogative of pardon should belong to the injured man.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDHe is not worshipped in any temple, having lost this prerogative on account of his ambitious desire to find out the Supreme Being.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERAlthough it was a school of 250 boys, the sixth-form, with all their privileges, had no prerogative of authority.
ERIC, OR LITTLE BY LITTLEFREDERIC W. FARRARThe manner in which the question of the crown's prerogative arose in this case was explained by the lord-chancellor.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THREE VOLUMES, VOL.III.E. FARR AND E. H. NOLANWORDS RELATED TO PREROGATIVE
- aim
- appetite
- attitude
- character
- conviction
- craving
- decision
- decisiveness
- decree
- design
- desire
- determination
- discipline
- discretion
- disposition
- fancy
- feeling
- hankering
- heart's desire
- inclination
- intention
- liking
- longing
- mind
- option
- passion
- pining
- pleasure
- power
- preference
- prerogative
- purpose
- resolution
- resolve
- self-control
- self-discipline
- self-restraint
- temperament
- urge
- velleity
- volition
- willfulness
- willpower
- wish
- wishes
- yearning
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