as follows

Idioms  

1. What comes next, usually in the form of a list. For example, Mary planned her day as follows: returning all phone calls; a department meeting; lunch with her colleagues; library research. This term is always put in the singular (“follows”) even though it applies to numerous items and is frequently followed by a colon. It was first recorded in 1548.

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Example Sentences

The timeline for a complex series of events is as follows:

From BBC

We screened the 54 stocks in the S&P 500 showing declines of at least 20% through Monday, as follows:

From MarketWatch

The dates for the knockout phase are as follows:

From BBC

The shady system we uncovered appears to work as follows.

From BBC

Discovery, whose stock has taken off because the company is going through a widely discussed sale process, the names were as follows, through midday on Tuesday.

From Barron's

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