How to Use franchise in a Sentence

franchise

1 of 2 noun
  • He's the best player in the history of the franchise.
  • They just opened a new fast-food franchise down the street.
  • She was granted an exclusive franchise in the city's west end.
  • The U.S. did not extend the franchise to women until the early 20th century.
  • The franchise needs to nail it all.
    — Tony East, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The franchise needs to blown up again.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 Feb. 2026
  • That’s what’s at stake for the franchise.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Bo Nix is the face of the franchise.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 3 June 2026
  • But Skubal is the franchise’s north star.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • There are very few franchises that can claim the same.
    — David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • This was the face of the franchise walking out the door.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
  • And what does this mean for the future of the franchise?
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Mar. 2026
  • This franchise has had an alarming rate of good-news first days.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Here's how to tackle the franchise.
    — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The last movie in the franchise came out in 2009.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 May 2026
  • Final bids from franchises are due at the end of this month.
    — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
  • Maybe Paul could breathe some fresh air into the franchise.
    — Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026
  • All of the franchise’s goals are still in the Avs’ control.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
  • This is one of the vehicles that paved the way for the franchise.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The franchise has many investors.
    — Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • All three players are new this year to those franchises.
    — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The property has spawned a slate of live games, as well as a film franchise.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 May 2026
  • The franchise then went dormant for 15 years.
    — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Wu Tsai’s race to build a billion-​dollar franchise hurtles ahead.
    — Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026
  • Area franchise owners were among the first guests to see the store that started it all.
    — Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • One jewel, and a franchise—and comic archetype—was born.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
  • At the time, the move raised some eyebrows—but now it’s spurred an entire franchise.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • His impact on that franchise has been immense.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The first and biggest goal of the franchise was to keep Tatis healthy and on the field.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2023
  • What are the franchise and royalty fees?
    — Angelo Chavez, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

franchise

2 of 2 verb
  • Beyond that, good medicine cannot be franchised.
    — Arthur E. Palamara, Sun Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
  • One thing solopreneurs can do is to look for an existing brand that is willing to franchise.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • The tight end will be a free agent after the Chargers opted to not franchise tag him.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2021
  • While most of the job cuts will come through layoffs, others will result from franchising stores.
    — PC Magazine, 14 Nov. 2025
  • While most of the job cuts will come through layoffs, others will result from franchising stores.
    — PC Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025
  • The Browns have Mayfield for this year, and then can franchise tag him in future years.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Williamson doesn’t seem caught up in the hype, seeing himself more as a team player than franchise savior.
    — Brian Mahoney, The Denver Post, 19 June 2019
  • Cancro later changed the name and began franchising the chain.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Cancro later changed the name and began franchising the chain.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • The big familiar brand names are still on gasoline pumps, but those retail outlets franchise the brands.
    — Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2022
  • But all indications are that the Jets will franchise tag Hall.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Cooper is someone who could also get franchised by the Cowboys.
    — Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Lafrenière would infuse high-end talent, fresh legs and excitement to franchise that has slipped in recent years.
    — Jimmy Hascup, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The partners have plans to franchise the concept and open up similar centers across the country.
    — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2018
  • But when faced with choosing a player on the roster to franchise-tag, the Rams again looked across the line of scrimmage.
    — Gary Klein, latimes.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Sibia said the pair went on to eat at the restaurant again the next day and returned home eager to franchise a new location.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Dallas plans to franchise tag Prescott a second time if no extension is reached by March.
    — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2021
  • Dybantsa is the kind of 6-foot-9 guard/forward that franchises dream of getting.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • With the Honda deal, Cruise is seeking to take this basic framework and franchise it.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2018
  • The team is still planning to franchise tag Green if a long-term deal isn’t reached before March 10.
    — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 27 Feb. 2020
  • One of the most intriguing is Lawson, whom some thought the Bengals might franchise.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2021
  • They’ll be thrown into a paint shaker as rookies, and blamed in the end if the loser franchises that draft them keep right on losing.
    — oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2020
  • Van Doorn and his team tried, franchising a second room in Rotterdam.
    — Rachel Sugar, Vox, 7 Aug. 2019
  • But put Martin Jones at the top of the list of goaltenders in Sharks franchise history.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2018
  • No longer is Cousins the plucky upstart mid-round pick, who was twice franchised by an organization that didn’t believe in him.
    — The Si Staff, SI.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The men formed Doctors Associates to franchise the restaurants.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 20 Nov. 2021
  • One important decision the team made was to start franchising the store in 2015.
    — NBC News, 20 June 2018
  • But the chain, which does not franchise in the traditional sense, has crept into Idaho and Colorado.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 20 Apr. 2026
  • If Pollard is franchised the team has until July 15 to sign him to an extension.
    — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The Titans franchised Henry, but a longterm deal could be on the horizon and Chubb should eye a similar deal.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 15 Apr. 2020

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