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
Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
In a rare show of across-the-aisle cooperation, Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, followed up on Cassidy’s line of questioning.
—Stephen Groves, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 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
Logan, on the other hand, followed up his massive YouTube audience by being added to the WWE roster.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
In a rare show of across-the-aisle cooperation, Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, followed up on Cassidy’s line of questioning.
—Stephen Groves, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 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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And secondly, the growth of supermassive black holes through the merger chain of progressively larger and larger black holes (triggered as galaxies collide and merge) may be supplemented by the objects voraciously feasting on surrounding gas and dust.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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Elsie supplements her work as an adjunct professor in theoretical physics by offering up herself as a fake girlfriend.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
4 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
Verb
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The bill states that beginning on Sep. 1, 2025, any peace officer assigned to serve as an SRO must complete a training course that meets the requirements prior to assuming the duties of an SRO.—
Alex Malm,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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In another first, cofounders Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant are set to hold their show on March 9 at the new Adidas Arena in Paris, which was completed just ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, WWD has learned.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
6 Feb. 2025
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The annual Caribbean Series club tournament finishes up the preliminary round on Tuesday with a pair of games, after which the field will be whittled from five teams down to four.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Holmes just finished her run in the Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s famous play, which costarred Jim Parsons and Zoey Deutch.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
5 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 16 Feb. 2025.
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