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
In 2018, the Heat captured the NBA’s inaugural Inclusion Leadership Award for the franchise’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
For a franchise that spans three interconnected series, with six directors and seven screenwriters between ten movies, the Conjuring Universe’s lore is remarkably consistent.
—Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The iconic red lightsaber was used by Darth Vader to duel in The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi, which were the fifth and sixth instalments in the franchise but the second and third to hit the screens.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Why Is Tony & Ziva Only On Paramount+? NCIS airs on CBS, and the network has never spun off the franchise anywhere else.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
For a franchise that spans three interconnected series, with six directors and seven screenwriters between ten movies, the Conjuring Universe’s lore is remarkably consistent.
—Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
The iconic red lightsaber was used by Darth Vader to duel in The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi, which were the fifth and sixth instalments in the franchise but the second and third to hit the screens.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Why Is Tony & Ziva Only On Paramount+? NCIS airs on CBS, and the network has never spun off the franchise anywhere else.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for franchise
suffrage
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By war’s end he was not only convinced of the moral rightness of Black suffrage and civil rights, but of their essential necessity and urgency.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Only decades later did Black, brown, Asian and Native American women win suffrage.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Franchise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/franchise. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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