the following
noun
: the following one or ones
—used to introduce a list, a quotation, etc.
The finalists are the following: Mary, James, and George.
The following are the times of departing trains: 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 8 p.m.
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Montgomery Steppe left office the following year after she was elected to the County Board of Supervisors, and Harris brought the proposal to Foster after he was elected to the council seat.
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The author began writing Psycho in 1958, and the book was released the following year.
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Yet a number of former officials involved in past Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations, including the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Oslo Accords that ultimately unraveled in the following years, feel Trump is closer than ever to securing the award.
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Annual research and development spending by US companies, which hit $202 billion in 2000, only dipped slightly the following year and never again fell below $200 billion.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
The author began writing Psycho in 1958, and the book was released the following year.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Yet a number of former officials involved in past Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations, including the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Oslo Accords that ultimately unraveled in the following years, feel Trump is closer than ever to securing the award.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Annual research and development spending by US companies, which hit $202 billion in 2000, only dipped slightly the following year and never again fell below $200 billion.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
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“The following.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20following. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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