as in to supplement
to add to or continue (something) with something similar
She followed up her first book with a sequel.
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as in sequel
something that continues or completes a process or activity
A week after the story broke, the newspaper printed a follow-up. As a follow-up to last week's show, tonight we'll show the other side of the story.
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Recent Examples of follow up
Fortune Editors, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Just be sure to follow up with SPF, as retinol can make skin more sensitive to the sun.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 1 Oct. 2025
Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
One was the minimal personal follow-ups.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Okay, so David, that begs two follow up questions for me.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
Just be sure to follow up with SPF, as retinol can make skin more sensitive to the sun.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
Gein was found guilty of murder, but in a follow-up proceeding was ruled to be not guilty — again by reason of insanity.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
One was the minimal personal follow-ups.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for follow up
Verb
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These services are typically underfunded by the government, even without a shutdown, and tribal nations have to supplement the services with their own revenues, largely from gaming.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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After that, both new and current WIC beneficiaries will start to see their benefits impacted, especially those in areas without state funds to supplement the loss of federal dollars, Hard said.—
Tesfaye Negussie,
ABC News,
2 Oct. 2025
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Freakier Friday, the two-decades-in-the-making sequel to 2003’s Freaky Friday, reunites Lohan with Jamie Lee Curtis as her mom Tess and introduces a double-body-swap plot line that sees Lohan switching places with Butters as her teen daughter.—
Katie Atkinson,
Billboard,
2 Oct. 2025
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The sequel isn't as good, but if that scratchy footage — or the demon Bughuul — freaked you out on the first round, there's plenty more on display here.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Quarterback Dak Prescott completed 18 of 29 passes for 237 yards and four touchdowns.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Oct. 2025
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On a second-and-19, Herbert completed a pass to receiver Quentin Johnston over the middle for a conversion.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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To watch Lipe-Smith’s Caroline cuddle in bed watching TV on her iPad, or bopping around to JoJo Siwa, or pensively finishing a Popsicle while sitting beside her grandmother at a museum, is to have the sheer malevolence of our current administration and its adherents thrown into sharp relief.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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Having finished the 14,000-foot peaks in Colorado and California’s Sierra Range — including Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the Lower 48 states at 14,500 feet — the next stop for the renowned Spanish endurance athlete is Mount Shasta in northern California, near the Oregon border.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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The Educational Freedom Accounts program significantly expand state taxpayer funding of student tuition and other costs related to private schools and some home-school expenses.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Oct. 2025
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This is a sister organization to the Heritage Foundation, the think tank behind Project 2025—a sweeping conservative policy blueprint aimed at reshaping the federal government by expanding presidential power, dismantling parts of the civil service, and rolling back regulations across agencies.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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