as follows

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Jing-nan describes his work as follows: “I cajoled 1,000 strangers every night in English, Mandarin, and Taiwanese to buy my food and hang out with me, in that order.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The tally was as follows: Henderson: 24.75%; Muratsuchi 21.97%; Rendon 17.43%; Newman 16.82%; Barrera 12.77%.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Summary data on advancing and declining stocks should have appeared as follows:

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

The questions were as follows: How much of the time do you feel you lack companionship?,

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

For illustration, suppose Myrtle has met six men so far and that she rates them as follows: 3 5 16 2 4.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos