prerogative

The area that Warsh can most quickly affect change is his press conference Wednesday, because that has always been the sole prerogative of the Fed chair.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 14, 2026

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

It declared that if a Supreme Court precedent “has direct application in a case,” the lower court must “follow the case which directly controls, leaving to this court the prerogative of overruling its own decisions.”

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026

“That’s their prerogative to look at that as an option.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

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

His historical legacy rests not only on his mastery of parliamentary procedure, but on his deployment of the upper chamber’s prerogatives with lethal precision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Eswar Prasad: I haven’t been entirely surprised because I could see that there are certain economic prerogatives of the current administration that seemed to take precedence over many other considerations.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

A Cas statement said the FIG argued it had "no prerogatives" in the issuing of entry visas, and the Indonesian government's decision not to grant the visas falls "outside the competence" of the organisation.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025

These must be understood as pledges of unconditional allegiance to principles, values, processes and institutional prerogatives and arrangements, not as a pledge of loyalty to any particular individual.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2023

Sure enough, Bush interpreted Lawrence’s visit as an attempt to short-circuit his own prerogatives of command.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik