Thesaurus results for PREROGATIVES

prerogatives

noun

plural of prerogative

as in rights

something to which one has a just claim it's your prerogative to refuse to attend religious services

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Recent Examples of prerogatives The evening was beautiful, strange, and so far removed from the prerogatives of retail as to suggest that its entire purpose was not to have one. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 But my ultimate loyalty rests with the Constitution, which gives certain prerogatives to Congress. — ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026 Exercising the prerogatives of citizenship meant a wearying, lifelong battle to mitigate harm—one that would invariably fail, as the experiences of one generation faded out of living memory and another one picked up the same arguments and same ideas to reconfigure them in new ways. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 But the mother of congressional prerogatives (enshrined in Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the Constitution) is the power to declare war. — Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 12 June 2026 The invocation of self-evident truths and inherent rights is a warrant for the destruction of existing order, a rhetorical erasure not only of the divine right of kings but also, more generally, of the prerogatives of power. — New York Times, 9 June 2026 Experts have long maintained that Republican power grabs have thwarted the will of North Carolina voters, removing the Democratic governor’s control or partial control over numerous boards, entities and executive prerogatives and leaving him the nation’s weakest. — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 5 June 2026 But even putting such public health prerogatives aside, such mandates can serve as powerful protections that advance the interests of children who themselves would otherwise have gone unvaccinated. — Adam W. Gaffney, STAT, 18 May 2026 That goal neatly aligns with the record industry’s shifting prerogatives. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025

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Noun

These Arab citizens have all the rights of any other citizen.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Kappa Alpha won the rights to this detour by having the best football game attendance of any student organization last season.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of rights

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Police emphasized that payment alone does not restore driving privileges; all applicable requirements must be completed and processed.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Advertisement The revolution still to come At the heart of the French Revolution of 1789 was the abolition of the privileges of the aristocracy and clergy.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

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