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 Padres have become the better baseball franchise.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Similarly, audiences may have missed out on Ryan Gosling as the lovelorn Noah in 2004's The Notebook and Harrison Ford as Han Solo in the Star Wars franchise.
—Diana Pearl, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
When tight end Robert Tonyan was signed to the Chiefs’ practice squad two days before Christmas, there was at least one familiar face with the franchise.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
The hallmarks of this franchise — dark ship corridors with steam blasting and floors creaking — are in full effect here as well.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 6 Aug. 2025
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Similarly, audiences may have missed out on Ryan Gosling as the lovelorn Noah in 2004's The Notebook and Harrison Ford as Han Solo in the Star Wars franchise.
—Diana Pearl, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
When tight end Robert Tonyan was signed to the Chiefs’ practice squad two days before Christmas, there was at least one familiar face with the franchise.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2025
The hallmarks of this franchise — dark ship corridors with steam blasting and floors creaking — are in full effect here as well.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for franchise
suffrage
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As the suffrage movement grew, women painters took up banners alongside sculptors, models, writers, musicians, teachers, doctors, dancers, college women, and thousands of others, with many Chase students among them.—
Anne Halsey,
JSTOR Daily,
6 Aug. 2025
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The show also tackles a big historic topic with women’s suffrage.—
Ronda Racha Penrice,
HollywoodReporter,
29 July 2025
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“Franchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/franchise. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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