franchise
noun
a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government.
franchises
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pluralof franchise.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof franchise (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
franchisenouna privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government.
Example Sentences
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Full-cast audio is still a small enough category that a voice actor may appear in competing franchises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Alas, in these days of milking dormant franchises for every drop of ichor, a simple explanation isn’t enough.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
The willingness of musical A-listers to work on GTA underlines the commercial and promotional power of one of the best-selling video game franchises in history.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Dodgers are going to squander the grandest opportunity of all — the possibility of the three-peat, something only two other MLB franchises have pulled off, and none in the National League.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
This corner of southwestern Idaho is unrelentingly poor and plain, with vast stretches of empty roads and treeless farmland, intersected by equally vast swatches of fast-food franchises and car dealerships.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
