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
Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2025
Arroyo followed up his exceptional senior season with a dominant performance at the Senior Bowl.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
As a result, cleanup crews were dispatched back to those properties to remove more soil and conduct follow-up testing.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Alaa Ibrahim, an activist and volunteer who has emerged as a key liaison between the Alawite community and HTS, registers kidnapping cases and follows up on arrests.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2025
Arroyo followed up his exceptional senior season with a dominant performance at the Senior Bowl.
—C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
Based on a Stephen King short story from his 1985 collection Skeleton Crew, Perkins’ follow-up to his serial-killer-movie–mixtape Longlegs (2024) is, like that film, highly dependent on a vibe.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
As a result, cleanup crews were dispatched back to those properties to remove more soil and conduct follow-up testing.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 20 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 to his 2016 action-thriller The Accountant will premiere at the SXSW Film Festival on March 8 and hit theaters on April 25.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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Last Friday, a Warner Bros. representative confirmed to EW that a sequel to the cult classic was officially in the works, with Potsy Ponciroli writing its screenplay.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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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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Zip makes software that organizes and orchestrates the complex processes of procurement, visualizing the steps necessary for a business to complete a purchase.—
Jeff Kauflin,
Forbes,
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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She’s since expanded into other jewelry and accessories categories and launched lifestyle items like laptop cases, luggage tags and keychains.—
Layla Ilchi,
WWD,
20 Feb. 2025
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Since then, the company has expanded to more than 20 locations across California, including a wholesale site.—
Marcus D. Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Follow up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/follow%20up. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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