follow-on
adjective
fol·low-on
ˈfä-lō-ˌȯn 
-ˌän
: being or relating to something that follows as a natural or logical consequence, development, or progression
follow-on
noun
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Now, there’s some logical follow-on to that.
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Alex Crippen, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
The outerwear campaign, photographed by Drew Vickers, is a follow-on from the brand’s first big campaign under chief executive officer Josh Schulman, which broke last October.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
The first troops to land would have to seize a foothold in Taiwanese territory before allowing follow-on PLA forces to flow into Taiwan.
—Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2025
Once clinical trial data is public, this seems to have a systemwide effect on reducing low-value, follow-on patents, likely driven by a higher bar for novelty.
—Lucy Xiaolu Wang, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
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Alex Crippen, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
The outerwear campaign, photographed by Drew Vickers, is a follow-on from the brand’s first big campaign under chief executive officer Josh Schulman, which broke last October.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
The first troops to land would have to seize a foothold in Taiwanese territory before allowing follow-on PLA forces to flow into Taiwan.
—Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2025
Once clinical trial data is public, this seems to have a systemwide effect on reducing low-value, follow-on patents, likely driven by a higher bar for novelty.
—Lucy Xiaolu Wang, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for follow-on
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“Follow-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/follow-on. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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