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Example sentences for: franchise

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Jackson and others spotted in the early 1980s that there were no white-collar minority employees in lots of major companies, and no black franchises in major franchise businesses.
The 11-year-old action franchise "begs for a mercy killing" (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ). Many critics even wax nostalgic for the psychological acumen of earlier Lethal Weapon installments.
And in part it's because Nevada's business climate is a supply-sider's dream: no corporate income tax, no personal income tax, no local earnings tax, no inventory tax, no capital-stock tax, no franchise tax, no admissions tax, no inheritance tax, low property tax, and a right-to-work state.
The preface begins with this characteristically Shavian sentence: “This book by Professor Wilson is one in which I should like everyone to be examined before certified as educated or eligible for the franchise or for any scientific, religious, legal, or civil employment.”
But now that the United States and Vietnam are busy re-establishing diplomatic relations, now that Hanoi may be in the running for the next TCBY yogurt franchise, why not give 'em back?