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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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The 289-page satire follows Morris Feldstein, a pharmaceutical salesman who gets seduced by a lonely receptionist.
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As it currently stands, the Via Dolorosa follows the account given in the Gospel of John.
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The memoir follows Oswalt from 1995 to 1999 as he was starting out on his comedy career in Los Angeles.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire|William O’Connor|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And in this way, it follows not what Angry Birds became, but how it began.
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The documentary also follows the fortunes of Consuelo Yznaga, later Duchess of Manchester.
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With childlike confidence he follows the advice of some more or less honest dealer.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Then follows an account of the life of the Jesuit prisoners, in Virginia and England.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
This slaughter is accompanied by the tabagie and what follows it—namely, the singing and dancing.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
High rent, says the economist, does not make big prices: it merely follows as a consequence or result of them.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
One way is as follows:—“Hear the sledges with the bells—silver bells.”
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)

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