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as in adherents
one who follows the opinions or teachings of another
the followers of Gandhi have spread his philosophy of nonviolence all over the world
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as in imitators
a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way
Brando's Method acting inspired a whole generation of mumbling followers
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Recent Examples of followers
Throughout the journey, Pfendler documented life alone at sea for hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, sharing the physical and mental challenges of crossing one of the world's largest oceans.
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Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2026
His gift for lyrics that were both deeply humane and sharply critical has endured for generations, inspiring followers such as Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
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Steve Appleford,
Rolling Stone,
4 July 2026
The mom of two shares videos and photos of her fashion creations and her daughters wearing them with over 29,000 TikTok followers.
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Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
In 1776, the year the Declaration of Independence was signed, Quakers made a formal stance against slavery, prohibiting followers of the faith from engaging in the institution.
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Tesfaye Negussie,
ABC News,
3 July 2026
His growing account of over 659,000 followers recently boomed following a viral video showcasing KC weather to World Cup travelers.
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Sophie Lindberg,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2026
In one deployment, comment engagement increased twelvefold while more than 21,000 followers were identified and ranked by purchase likelihood.
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Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Our Facebook page has 16 million followers.
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Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
Fans track his movements online, where his unofficial X account has more than 800,000 followers.
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Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2026
His gift for lyrics that were both deeply humane and sharply critical has endured for generations, inspiring followers such as Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
—
Steve Appleford,
Rolling Stone,
4 July 2026
The mom of two shares videos and photos of her fashion creations and her daughters wearing them with over 29,000 TikTok followers.
—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
In 1776, the year the Declaration of Independence was signed, Quakers made a formal stance against slavery, prohibiting followers of the faith from engaging in the institution.
—
Tesfaye Negussie,
ABC News,
3 July 2026
His growing account of over 659,000 followers recently boomed following a viral video showcasing KC weather to World Cup travelers.
—
Sophie Lindberg,
Kansas City Star,
3 July 2026
In one deployment, comment engagement increased twelvefold while more than 21,000 followers were identified and ranked by purchase likelihood.
—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Our Facebook page has 16 million followers.
—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
Fans track his movements online, where his unofficial X account has more than 800,000 followers.
—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for followers
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But the belief died hard, and photography spurred its adherents on.
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In 1619, the Calvinists outlawed their practices, driving adherents underground or into exile.
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But the arrival of Buc-ee's supercharged the trend and spawned imitators like Wally's, which has three 50,000-square-foot locations in the Midwest, with plans for more.
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The frontier labs keep shipping the next capability while the imitators are still training on the last one, and the value keeps accruing to whoever is ahead rather than to whoever copied the leader's previous answers.
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Back in his coaching career, Cruyff was one of the first managers to be obsessed with the cut of the pitch — a trait that has passed over to his disciples, most notably the exacting Pep Guardiola.
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Christian Science teaches that the divine laws of Truth and Life, as demonstrated by Jesus and his disciples, continue to operate today as an eternal, demonstrable Science.
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There may be echoes of history on George’s first day.
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Instead of a handheld probe sweeping across your skin, a ring of transducers surrounds the body underwater and fires sound waves from every angle at once, reconstructing a full 3D volume from the echoes.
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“Followers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/followers. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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