Prerogatives in example sentence

This afternoon, instead of dreaming of Deepden, I was wondering how a man who wished to do right could act so unjustly and unwisely as Charles the First sometimes did; and I thought what a pity it was that, with his integrity and conscientiousness, he could see no farther than the prerogatives of the crown.

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They have a sense of humor, and these are the kind of things which traditionally have been thought of as human prerogatives.

The prerogatives of people like Dick Cheney do not keep the nation safe.

As China gets bigger and stronger and richer, technologically more advanced, it will inevitably bump up against American positions and prerogatives.

Ahmadinejad himself, however, has generally ignored the post-election crisis in his public statements, and evidently believed that Khamenei’s post-election support meant that the Supreme Leader would remain passive in the face of encroachments on his traditional powers and prerogatives.

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