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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as follows

The framework begins as follows: “Israel and Lebanon affirm the right of each state to exist in peace, and their mutual desire to live in security as neighboring sovereign states.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

The tally was as follows: Henderson: 24.75%; Muratsuchi 21.97%; Rendon 17.43%; Newman 16.82%; Barrera 12.77%.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Summary data on advancing and declining stocks should have appeared as follows:

From Barron's ● Apr. 18, 2026

The questions were as follows: How much of the time do you feel you lack companionship?,

From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026

Now she found herself inside the story, which went as follows: Once upon a time, when magic was not questioned and the miraculous showed itself in every dewdrop and moon shadow, there lived a frog.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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