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as in pursues
to go after or on the track of
let's follow the boys to their hiding place
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as in obeys
to act according to the commands of
follow me, and you'll do OK
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as in traverses
to make one's way through, across, or over
followed the path into the garden
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as in notes
to take notice of and be guided by
don't follow his advice
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as in observes
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 follows
That ruling, which found that the contract awarded to Hutchison’s Panama Ports Company violated Panama’s constitution and follows the official audit, again raises frictions.
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Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
The documentary, directed by Nadia Hallgren, was released in the COVID-19 lockdown era in May 2020 on Netflix, and follows Obama’s experiences while on tour for her memoir.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Mattel follows in the footsteps of past Queerties hosts including Jinkx Monsoon, Bob the Drag Queen and Bianca Del Rio.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
According to the network's official logline, the story follows Hope Morgan (Alison).
—Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
What follows is not a quick montage of temporary setbacks, but a grinding legal odyssey through an all-too-familiar hell determined to make the already-struggling Amanda pay for someone else’s mistake.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2026
The deal follows an earlier tie-up of two Musk entities last year, when xAI acquired social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in a stock transaction.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
This latest investigation follows a previous NHTSA evaluation that opened in May 2024.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
That, and putting your people first, is what matters first and foremost; everything else follows after.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
The documentary, directed by Nadia Hallgren, was released in the COVID-19 lockdown era in May 2020 on Netflix, and follows Obama’s experiences while on tour for her memoir.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Mattel follows in the footsteps of past Queerties hosts including Jinkx Monsoon, Bob the Drag Queen and Bianca Del Rio.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
According to the network's official logline, the story follows Hope Morgan (Alison).
—Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
What follows is not a quick montage of temporary setbacks, but a grinding legal odyssey through an all-too-familiar hell determined to make the already-struggling Amanda pay for someone else’s mistake.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2026
The deal follows an earlier tie-up of two Musk entities last year, when xAI acquired social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in a stock transaction.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
This latest investigation follows a previous NHTSA evaluation that opened in May 2024.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
That, and putting your people first, is what matters first and foremost; everything else follows after.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for follows
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And what happens when automation replaces entry-level roles in an industry that once promised economic repair?—
Aisha Alves,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2026
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Cancel replaces Bobby Meacham, who led the Yard Goats the past two seasons.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
3 Feb. 2026
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Kyiv, like the rest of Ukraine, is not new to rolling outages as Russia pursues a strategy of targeting its energy grid each winter.—
Anastasiia Parafeniuk,
NBC news,
23 Jan. 2026
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The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted an administrative stay of the preliminary injunction, filed last week, while the federal government pursues an appeal.—
Cole Premo,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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The usual assumption has been that if a user overtly instructs AI to act as a delusion-invoking collaborator, the AI simply obeys those commands.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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But every order carried out under that logic erodes the institution that gives it — and the soul of the person who obeys it.—
Jon Duffy,
Mercury News,
29 Nov. 2025
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The film’s story spans thousands of years and traverses multiple continents, with locations ranging from Antarctica to Africa to the titular Indian city.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2026
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Published in 1994, The Riders follows Scully, an Australian man who traverses Europe, alongside his young daughter Billie, in search of the wife that abandoned them.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
2 Feb. 2026
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As a Yang Wood sign, Tigers love the woods and the trees, Iskander notes.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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Ansari notes that seasonal produce is often both cheaper and better tasting.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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The camera observes it all, cutting between these maids, cooks, and footmen with a kind of accumulating effect.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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Adeline enlists Hatixhe’s help on the caregiving front, a turn of events that Nana observes with disapproval.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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What succeeds Khamenei would likely be worse, as one man is not the entire Iranian system alone.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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This happens often enough when one administration succeeds another, to be sure, with the new team insisting that its predecessors were idiots, but the Hegseth Pentagon carries such insults to a new level.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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Next to Pika Pika Paradise is a colorful birthday cake filled with Alcremie, and a Kangaskhan and Dragonite battle as a Fidough chases Eevees nearby.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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One child chases the duck, catches it, and stomps on it repeatedly.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Follows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/follows. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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