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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This indifference has become a bizarre pattern—one that the franchise’s newest installment, Jurassic World Rebirth, seems intent on changing.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
The younger players were Alex Rodriguez, Jimmie Foxx, Ken Griffey Jr. and Andruw Jones.
2008 — Colorado homered six times to rally from a nine-run deficit for the biggest comeback in franchise history and an 18-17 victory over Florida.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
The Chicago Cubs celebrated the Fourth of July by putting on the biggest fireworks display in franchise history.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
This comes on the heels of a season where multiple players went under center after the franchise opted to end their experiment with former No. 6 pick Daniel Jones.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
The younger players were Alex Rodriguez, Jimmie Foxx, Ken Griffey Jr. and Andruw Jones.
2008 — Colorado homered six times to rally from a nine-run deficit for the biggest comeback in franchise history and an 18-17 victory over Florida.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025
The Chicago Cubs celebrated the Fourth of July by putting on the biggest fireworks display in franchise history.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2025
This comes on the heels of a season where multiple players went under center after the franchise opted to end their experiment with former No. 6 pick Daniel Jones.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for franchise
suffrage
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But Fellowes refuses to treat it as a heel turn, even clumsily transforming Bertha into a proto-feminist who picks a fight about female suffrage at a dinner party and risks her own social status to advocate for divorced women.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 June 2025
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Scholars point to the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 as being the start of the women’s suffrage movement, but women didn’t get the right to vote until 1920.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2025
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“Franchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/franchise. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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