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 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

The relevant section of the International Cricket Council's playing conditions, which implement the structures for Test cricket's review system, is as follows:

From BBC

So we screened the S&P 500 as follows:

From MarketWatch

They expressed his dilemma as follows: "I must still show up to work but won't get paid, because if I don't it's considered AWOL".

From BBC

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