not absolute
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But this prerogative is not absolute; like all presidents, Trump has to enforce the law under the basic limitations imposed by the Constitution, which protects documented and undocumented people alike.
From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025
It is important to emphasize that the differences are relative, not absolute.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2024
But President Paul Alivisatos said on Friday that those protections were not absolute, and that the encampment had run afoul of university policies.
From New York Times • May 3, 2024
“But those rights are not absolute, and that minor child also has certain rights that relate to their privacy, their autonomy, and not being discriminated against.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023
Still would the board and the black king be in the same place; for motion is not absolute.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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