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It is the President's prerogative to grant pardons.
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My prerogative right now is to just chill and let all the other overexposed blondes on the cover of Us Weekly (magazine) be your entertainment. (source)
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It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor. (source)
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She was never bored, and given the slightest chance she would exercise her royal prerogative: she would arrange, advise, caution, and warn. (source)prerogative = right or privilege
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Such is the prerogative of any parent, and the duty of one who is raising a tender heart.† (source)
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We women feel the matter of debutantes should be our prerogative.† (source)
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It wasn't a way of talking that I was used to—possibly I had never talked that way before— but I knew I could get used to it in a heartbeat, that here I had stumbled on a prerogative of parenthood I hadn't thought of before (I'd thought only how I would be tender and affectionate and patient and instructive).† (source)
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It's difficult to appreciate today how unusual this approach was, for physicians closely guarded their prerogatives, and it was heresy to entrust mere midwives with medical responsibilities.† (source)
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She's rubbing our noses in it, letting us know exactly who she is, making us watch her as she silently reads, flaunting her prerogative.† (source)
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It is almost impossible for a man who enjoys freedom with all its prerogatives, to realize what it means to be deprived of that freedom.† (source)
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As the guy who held the patent on laurel wreaths, that was my prerogative.† (source)
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The emperor protects his prerogatives by protecting his own.† (source)
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We Reds insult the king and the nobles if we can get away with it, but I think that's our prerogative.† (source)
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VLADIMIR: Your Worship wishes to assert his prerogatives?† (source)
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Under law the Quest for Ultimate Truth is quite clearly the inalienable prerogative of your working thinkers.† (source)
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The prospect of forced retirement from "the most exclusive club in the world," the possibilities of giving up the interesting work, the fascinating trappings and the impressive prerogatives of Congressional office, can cause even the most courageous politician serious loss of sleep.† (source)
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