followers

plural of follower

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of followers The account has now surpassed 15,000 followers. Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2025 During his announcement, Skinner acknowledged that many of their followers were heavily invested in their relationship and would be devastated by the news. Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025 But the real competition for attention was moving elsewhere — to feeds and timelines, where fame was measured not by box office totals but by followers. Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025 With over 500,000 YouTube subscribers and 340,000 Twitch followers, Naroditsky created plenty of extra revenue for himself through subscriptions, donations, advertising, and sponsorships. Dave Smith, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025 And Cheryl Porter, the vocal coach and entrepreneur behind the world’s number one vocal training method, who’s built a multi-million dollar global brand with over 45 million followers. Essence, 22 Oct. 2025 His account has more than 133,000 followers on TikTok. Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025 What To Know Parias had over 130,000 followers on TikTok, where his handle is @richardla18. Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 Kurt Caz, a white South African social-media star with millions of followers across platforms, first gained popularity through filming his defiant tours of dangerous neighborhoods in countries such as Venezuela and Kenya. T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for followers
Noun
  • Academics cite Wallace’s story as one of the catalysts behind a fringe concept that has spread among adherents to the Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA, movement and is gaining traction at the highest levels of the federal government.
    Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Srinivasan’s Network State—and its core idea of capturing or creating parallel, anti-democratic institutions—was attracting adherents on the tech right.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • McVay’s offense inspired imitators as his assistant coaches spread across the NFL over the next few seasons, and while new defensive schemes famously evolved to counter it, 11 personnel seemed a permanent fixture of a league hell-bent on passing.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The next two years saw the opening of imitators such as Pace, BJ’s, and Sam’s Club.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Helping Vitello's case in San Francisco is the prominent presence of former Tennessee disciples on the organizational depth chart.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Bielsa lost both finals but gained admirers and disciples.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Game 1 of the World Series, a stunning 11-4 trouncing of the Dodgers, had echoes of the Skubal game.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • This polarization means even post-Trump, Democrats may cling to divisive issues like defund-the-police echoes or aggressive cultural wars, repelling the non-ideological public weary of extremes.
    Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Followers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/followers. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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