sole prerogative

Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words

a right or privilege that belongs to only one person or group

prerogativeADJECTIVE + prerogative

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sole

Examples (10)

  • Making such decisions is not the sole prerogative of managers.
  • The king believed that absolute power was his sole prerogative.
  • It is the president's sole prerogative to declare a state of emergency.
  • Issuing pardons remains the sole prerogative of the head of state.
  • Many argue that voting should not be the sole prerogative of property owners.
  • Historically, formal education was considered the sole prerogative of the elite.
  • The final say on budget allocation is the committee's sole prerogative.
  • She feels that creative control is her sole prerogative as the director.
  • This special privilege is the sole prerogative of senior members.
  • Some traditions dictate that certain tasks are the sole prerogative of men.