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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Alain Tascan, who took over last year as Netflix’s president of games, has led a shift away from bigger-budget franchise swings and toward less-expensive casual games based on familiar IP from the streaming platform.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
There are three different timelines for Curtis' arc as Laurie in the Halloween franchise, plus Rob Zombie's standalone films and another Halloween franchise movie that barely connects to the others at all.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
As a result, the Blue Jays’ franchise pair might only have a few games left together.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The horror entry premiered in 2004 in the festival’s midnight category before launching a box office franchise.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
There are three different timelines for Curtis' arc as Laurie in the Halloween franchise, plus Rob Zombie's standalone films and another Halloween franchise movie that barely connects to the others at all.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
As a result, the Blue Jays’ franchise pair might only have a few games left together.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The horror entry premiered in 2004 in the festival’s midnight category before launching a box office franchise.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for franchise
suffrage
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Decades of fighting for women’s suffrage in the United States found success in 1920, which kicked off a decade of some relaxation of the restrictions on women.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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From the Revolution to the suffrage movement to the campaign for an Equal Rights Amendment and beyond, advocates have worked to wedge women’s lives into the laws of the land.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Franchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/franchise. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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