Franca

Example Sentences

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Bar Franca, a revamped downtown LA DJ bar, aims to revive the neighborhood’s struggling nightlife after pandemic shutdowns and closures.

From Los Angeles Times

Over 90% of people living in the U.S. are proficient in English, and nearly 60% of immigrants arrive speaking proficient English, a designation due in no small part to its status as a global lingua franca.

From Salon

His Russian has improved in prison, where it is a lingua franca among the inmates.

From Barron's

Local media said a man in Vila Franca de Xira died when a tree struck his car, local media said.

From BBC

For investors the world over, America has long been a beacon of safety when uncertainty reigns, a nation whose deep and liquid financial markets are the premier destination for capital and home of a currency that is the lingua franca of international transactions.

From The Wall Street Journal