1
as in replaced
to come after in time
a wrap-up always follows the Super Bowl broadcast
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2
as in chased
to go after or on the track of
let's follow the boys to their hiding place
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3
as in obeyed
to act according to the commands of
follow me, and you'll do OK
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4
as in traversed
to make one's way through, across, or over
followed the path into the garden
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5
as in noted
to take notice of and be guided by
don't follow his advice
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as in observed
to keep one's eyes on
stood on the platform and followed the departing train until it disappeared from sight
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Recent Examples of followed
Car companies faced inflationary concerns, followed by shocks tied to tariffs and subsequent supply chain ramifications.
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
What followed on this day was anything but.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
He was arrested and charged with misappropriating insurance settlement funds in the wrongful death suit that followed the trip and fall death of housekeeper Satterfield.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
The distributor has had the top Cannes prize winners since Parasite in 2019, followed by Titane (2021), Triangle of Sadness (2022), Anatomy of a Fall (2023) and Anora last year.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2025
The Ducks followed with two touchdowns, and a Penn State interception capped yet another loss to a top-10 opponent under Franklin.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Israel’s ferocious response followed.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
The Xfinity Series season will kick off at Daytona International Speedway on February 15 followed by Atlanta Motor Speedway on February 22.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Video footage captured at the scene of the shooting shows a person leaving a white Dodge Caravan and approaching a home on Hardesty Avenue, followed by a man identified as Thomas exiting a blue sedan and following him.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
What followed on this day was anything but.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
He was arrested and charged with misappropriating insurance settlement funds in the wrongful death suit that followed the trip and fall death of housekeeper Satterfield.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
The distributor has had the top Cannes prize winners since Parasite in 2019, followed by Titane (2021), Triangle of Sadness (2022), Anatomy of a Fall (2023) and Anora last year.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2025
The Ducks followed with two touchdowns, and a Penn State interception capped yet another loss to a top-10 opponent under Franklin.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Israel’s ferocious response followed.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
The Xfinity Series season will kick off at Daytona International Speedway on February 15 followed by Atlanta Motor Speedway on February 22.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Video footage captured at the scene of the shooting shows a person leaving a white Dodge Caravan and approaching a home on Hardesty Avenue, followed by a man identified as Thomas exiting a blue sedan and following him.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for followed
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The incidence of peanut allergies declined 43%, meaning that eggs have now replaced peanuts as the most common childhood allergen.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Plus, unlike many office workers, her job isn’t at risk of being replaced by AI.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Leafs chased the Kraken around the Toronto zone for extended periods, failing to control play as Stolarz tried and mostly excelled in keeping his team in it.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Local news channels later reported that the vehicles had chased the man after a raid at a nearby car wash.—
J. David McSwane,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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And just like the existence of a black hole’s event horizon results in the creation of Hawking radiation, the existence of a cosmological horizon must also — if the same laws of physics are to be obeyed — create radiation.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The fans obeyed and there was absolute silence until Putellas’s shot, which ended up too central and was stopped by Hannah Hampton.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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The team traversed steep and uneven ground, overcame vertical drops of up to 60 feet (20 meters) using rope techniques and transformed a small underground site into a temporary base.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Several states along the East Coast have been issued warnings by the National Weather Service (NWS), after a nor’easter traversed the eastern seaboard this weekend bringing with it the threat of strong wind and heavy rain.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Chaparro also noted that bitcoin and ether suffered less losses compared to alternative crypto-assets in this month’s massive liquidation event.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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The White House has pushed back on the criticism, sending out a press release Tuesday that noted that there was a long legacy of presidential alterations, renovations and expansions of the White House complex.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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Here's a list of wind speeds observed in cities around Michigan over the weekend.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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This phenomenon of asymmetric slow-wave sleep, in which one side of the brain rests while the other remains awake, is observed in other species.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Oct. 2025
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The break-up, announced in January, was a surprise because Carter, who succeeded Paul Keel as chief executive in March 2024, had run both Smiths Detection and Smiths Interconnect earlier in his career and some investors perceived him as wedded to them.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Wearables succeeded not just by measuring physiology, but by creating feedback loops that made invisible processes visible and actionable.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Holiday Bowl’s ongoing financial hardships are serious enough that event organizers pursued the possibility of playing January’s game in Saudi Arabia.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Beatrice and Eugenie are not working royals, but they are actively involved in numerous charities and have pursued professional careers of their own.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Followed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/followed. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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