as in suffrage
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election
the Territory of Wyoming granted women the franchise in 1869, a full 51 years before the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote in all elections
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Recent Examples of franchise
Adding more weapons for new franchise quarterback Drake Maye was a clear focus.
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
The second apron limit, the NBA’s intense penalty threshold for offending franchises, is set at $207,825,000.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
The latest Mission: Impossible movie takes great care to wind details from films throughout the 30-year-old franchise into its storyline.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 19 May 2025
In 2025 Oscar nominee Greengrass, well known for the Bourne franchise and such movies as Captain Phillips and United 93, is scripting the project.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 May 2025
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
The second apron limit, the NBA’s intense penalty threshold for offending franchises, is set at $207,825,000.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
The latest Mission: Impossible movie takes great care to wind details from films throughout the 30-year-old franchise into its storyline.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 19 May 2025
In 2025 Oscar nominee Greengrass, well known for the Bourne franchise and such movies as Captain Phillips and United 93, is scripting the project.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for franchise
suffrage
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Following the faith’s core beliefs in nonviolence and justice, Quakers have demonstrated for the abolition of slavery, in favor of the suffrage movement, against both World Wars, and the U.S. roles in the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan, said Ross Brubeck, 38, one of the Quaker march organizers.—
Luis Andres Henao,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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Bringing Down the Duke Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women) $18 $10 Amazon Set in 19th-century England, the story follows the daughter of a poor vicar whose scholarship to the University of Oxford hinges on her support for the women’s suffrage movement.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
1 May 2025
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“Franchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/franchise. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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