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prerogative

[pri-rog-uh-tiv, puh-rog-] / prɪˈrɒg ə tɪv, pəˈrɒg- /


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Like Lake, defensive lineman Kobie Turner insistently cautioned that whatever Donald decides to do or not do was his former teammate’s prerogative.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Mr. Mamdani is duly elected, and it’s his prerogative to destroy the Big Apple’s housing supply as he sees fit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 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

We had professor Aziz Huq on the show to talk about Ernst Fraenkel’s “dual state” theory and what happens when you have two operating legal systems—the normative state and the prerogative state.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

It’s the prerogative of moles, after all, which only certain American lifetimes can teach.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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