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
Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
In 2022, the office of D.C.'s attorney general at the time followed up with a lawsuit claiming Amazon violated the District's consumer protection laws by misleading residents about how tips paid digitally were used.
—arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Nadia Kounang, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Heart Eyes was directed by Josh Ruben, whose 2020 debut, Scare Me, and 2021 follow-up, Werewolves Within, were also both horror comedies.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The team could follow up by using its first three draft picks on OL, DL and RB.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
In 2022, the office of D.C.'s attorney general at the time followed up with a lawsuit claiming Amazon violated the District's consumer protection laws by misleading residents about how tips paid digitally were used.
—arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
Looney, an Alabama native, has been living in New York since then, receiving constant monitoring and follow-up.
—Nadia Kounang, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Heart Eyes was directed by Josh Ruben, whose 2020 debut, Scare Me, and 2021 follow-up, Werewolves Within, were also both horror comedies.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for follow up
Verb
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But some of the WHO’s work focuses on supplementing national health programs and filling gaps that benefit individual nations — specifically those with the least resources — rather than the world as a whole.—
Jess Craig,
Vox,
17 Feb. 2025
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The carts, in time, were supplemented with proper restaurants and, inevitably, chains both small and large.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2025
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The sequel, which fast-forwards seven years from the original, finds teenage Dhunu at a crossroads between her childhood dreams and the harsh realities of adulthood.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
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Starring Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert, the 1986 action-adventure fantasy film grossed just $5.9 million but became a popular title in home video and pay-TV windows, spawning multiple sequels.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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The layoffs, which the company expects to complete substantially by the end of the second quarter, are estimated to net $210 million in savings this year and full-year savings of $300 million in 2026.—
Deborah Sophia,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Crews in Kentucky and West Virginia were racing against the clock to complete flood rescues ahead of the dangerous wintry weather.—
Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
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UConn received 20 votes in the AP poll, finishing behind New Mexico, Saint Mary’s, UCLA, Creighton (which also dropped out after losing to UConn and St. John’s), and Illinois.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
17 Feb. 2025
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To complement it, the interior walls are finished in a subtly textured plaster.—
Elizabeth Fazzare,
Architectural Digest,
17 Feb. 2025
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Immigrant advocates have pushed to shore up those protections with a federal bill that would expand visa eligibility for workers cooperating with regulators to expose labor violations, so far without success.—
Emily Alpert Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Look, $100 million on initiatives like expanding atheism in Nepal.—
Linda Qiu,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Follow up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/follow%20up. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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