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
The league has seven European teams, three Western Hemisphere squads and franchises in New Zealand and Australia.
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Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 23 June 2025
The Jaguars traded up three spots to select the former Colorado standout in the draft and are counting on him to help change the fate of the floundering franchise.
—Mark Long, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
This is the first time in franchise history this has happened.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Launching a new sports franchise in today’s day and age is no easy feat.
—Michael Loré, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
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Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 23 June 2025
The Jaguars traded up three spots to select the former Colorado standout in the draft and are counting on him to help change the fate of the floundering franchise.
—Mark Long, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
This is the first time in franchise history this has happened.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Launching a new sports franchise in today’s day and age is no easy feat.
—Michael Loré, Forbes.com, 9 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 6 Jul. 2025.
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