prerogative
Example Sentences
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Of course, raising prices is a restaurant owner’s prerogative; many have no choice if they want to stay in business these days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
“It’s always gonna be my prerogative as editor of this newsroom to say that I want more information, and to push to get more information,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026
Under the provisions of the 1998 Northern Ireland Act, regulations governing the flag had become "a transferred prerogative matter", precluding Her Majesty's "command on flags … having any legal effect in Northern Ireland".
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
Strictly speaking, it is right to say that Trump, as the president, has the prerogative to enforce federal law, including immigration law.
From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025
We both knew that with the list in Hoagland’s care I had been finally taken off, that there was no official prerogative anymore, no high man or custom to heed.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Vocabulary lists containing prerogative
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Grade 11, List 1
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"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
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