prerogative
Example Sentences
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If people want to make unwise bets, that’s their prerogative.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 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
Legal advice concluded that the royal prerogative which commanded when the flag should be flown in Great Britain was "without legal authority 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
It’s the prerogative of moles, after all, which only certain American lifetimes can teach.
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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