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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After the performances, viewers will vote for their favorites before two contestants are eliminated from the competition in the following episode.
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The plan calls for a spending increase of 4.35% next year and 4.9% in the following year in a plan that allocates millions more than Lamont proposed in his budget in February.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2025
Producer Bob Ezrin — who worked with the group on 1971’s Love it to Death, School’s Out in 1972, and chart-topper Billion Dollar Babies the following year — echoed Cooper’s sentiments and said almost nothing has changed since collaborating with the band in the Seventies.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025
Given their playoff success in each of the last two seasons, the following does not seem possible but the Stars have now lost their last eight Game 1s in the postseason.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The plan calls for a spending increase of 4.35% next year and 4.9% in the following year in a plan that allocates millions more than Lamont proposed in his budget in February.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2025
Producer Bob Ezrin — who worked with the group on 1971’s Love it to Death, School’s Out in 1972, and chart-topper Billion Dollar Babies the following year — echoed Cooper’s sentiments and said almost nothing has changed since collaborating with the band in the Seventies.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025
Given their playoff success in each of the last two seasons, the following does not seem possible but the Stars have now lost their last eight Game 1s in the postseason.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
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“The following.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20following. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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