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 loss — which narrowly avoided the lowest-scoring effort in franchise history — left the Sky (2-5) with more questions than answers.
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
The pinnacle came in 2012-13, when Miami stormed to a 66-16 finish, the best mark in franchise history and one of the top 20 regular seasons ever recorded in the NBA.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
Some pro franchises, including the Miami Dolphins (r/miamidolphins) and Dallas Cowboys (r/cowboys), have official subreddits.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 June 2025
The script didn’t include the visual elements that would ultimately come to define the franchise – the neo-noir, the 1970s style kung fu – but Stahelski remembers Reddick inherently understanding the movie's vast potential for storytelling and world-building.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 7 June 2025
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
The pinnacle came in 2012-13, when Miami stormed to a 66-16 finish, the best mark in franchise history and one of the top 20 regular seasons ever recorded in the NBA.
—Kaitlyn Pohly, Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
Some pro franchises, including the Miami Dolphins (r/miamidolphins) and Dallas Cowboys (r/cowboys), have official subreddits.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 June 2025
The script didn’t include the visual elements that would ultimately come to define the franchise – the neo-noir, the 1970s style kung fu – but Stahelski remembers Reddick inherently understanding the movie's vast potential for storytelling and world-building.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for franchise
suffrage
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The 7-acre green space just north of the White House, known as Lafayette Square, had been a rallying place for change for more than a century, from women’s suffrage marches in 1917 to the fight for racial equality and gay rights half a century later.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
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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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“Franchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/franchise. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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