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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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Friends, family, and coworkers bid her farewell in a funeral service held on the steps of the Capitol Building the following week.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
Singleton and Busia married in 1996 and became parents to daughter Hadar before divorcing the following year.
—Diedre Johnson, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
And over the course of the following months, billions of dollars of grants supporting research projects across disciplines, institutions and states were terminated.
—Stephanie J. Nawyn, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
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“The following.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20following. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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