following up
Example Sentences
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They were following up on earlier work showing that dendrites, the branch-like extensions of neurons, process signals differently depending on their location.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
“How many times did I drop it?” he asked an audience member, before following up with: “How many times did I catch it?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Ocasio-Cortez’s press secretary, Karla Santillan, told Salon in an email that the representative was “personally following up on her question line regarding systemic fraud in the Medicare Advantage Program.”
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
In addition, Trump is expected to announce funding to recommission and upgrade coal plants, following up on his administration’s moves last fall to provide money for such work.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026
Pauling had cracked the a-helix by ruthlessly following up his knowledge that the peptide bond was flat.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
