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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The new baby was initially scheduled for an induction the following week, just as Rotunda's other three children had been.
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
South Korean authorities repeatedly asked Google to change the location names – but Google resisted and became embroiled in several other South Korean map-labeling controversies in the following years, Ahn wrote in a paper about the topic.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
The new baby was initially scheduled for an induction the following week, just as Rotunda's other three children had been.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
There, he was arrested in the tourist district of Kathmandu and, the following year, sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1975 murder of American tourist Connie Jo Bronzich.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
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“The following.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20following. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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