- present participle of follow.
following
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Yields, which rise when bond prices fall, took a sharper leg up following concerns about a potential escalation in the U.S.-Iran conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
A new Amazon Prime documentary series following Guardiola's final two years at the club captures the manager addressing his team just days after the defender's departure.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
But recently, following a drop in delivery volume and disagreements over how to best utilize the robots, Uber sold all of its stake in Serve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
For those closely following markets this year, the figure probably doesn’t come as a surprise.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
But for now I wondered if the destiny I was following was connected to my real name or only the bit of the name I knew.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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As well as putting out videos on his own accounts on X and TikTok, he has sought to broaden his audience by appearing on entertainment channels run by creators with large followings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
"Athletes have been taking to social media and using it ambitiously to cultivate followings, to strike brand deals, to make money, to leverage their popularity."
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Creators can build large followings very inexpensively, he said, and their stories arrive further developed — which expedites the development and discovery process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
They are then motivated to use their high-profile status and large social-media followings to promote companies receiving Champ’s backing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
The different Nationalist groups, the “Buy Black!” forces, and others like that; dozens of their step- ladder orators were trying to increase their followings.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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