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as follows
Idioms and Phrases
What comes next, usually in the form of a list. For example, Mary planned her day as follows: returning all phone calls; a department meeting; lunch with her colleagues; library research . This term is always put in the singular (“followsâ€) even though it applies to numerous items and is frequently followed by a colon. It was first recorded in 1548.Example Sentences
Specifically, the formula that the Trump administration used to calculate tariffs for each country was as follows: the U.S. trade deficit with the country, divided by the country’s exports to the US, halved.
The 15 candidates, listed alphabetically, are as follows:
The first type typically went as follows: dealers under surveillance were approached by an informer or undercover, made a sale, then opened fire on the cops when they closed in.
The nominees in the main categories are as follows:
Even Bret Stephens, the conservative New York Times columnist, assesses Trump’s governance as follows:
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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