the following

noun

: the following one or ones

—used to introduce a list, a quotation, etc.

The finalists are the following: Mary, James, and George.

The following are the times of departing trains: 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 8 p.m.

Examples of the following in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Trump issued a video statement apologizing for his remarks, but the story dominated the news cycle for the following day. —

Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 6 May 2024 Throughout the following months, the engineer and the four mathematicians slowly learned about one another’s fields. —

Leila Sloman, WIRED, 5 May 2024 Stephen and Ayesha Curry's Relationship Timeline Ayesha and Stephen married in 2011 and welcomed their first child together the following year. —

Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024 Gianni Versace was the theme the following year, just months before he was killed outside his Miami Beach home. —

Renee Anderson, CBS News, 4 May 2024 Davis was an intriguingly good fit in that match and got another start the following Saturday. —

Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2024 Cheatham County General Sessions court records show Babcock was booked into jail on Monday and released the following day on $50,000 bond. —

Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024 The school sent in police to clear the tents the following day, arresting more than 100 people, only for the students to return. —

Stefanie Dazio, Ethan Swope, Jake Offenhartz, and Joseph B. Frederick, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2024 Note: Most subscribers have some, but not all, of the puzzles that correspond to the following set of solutions for their local newspaper. —

USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'the following.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.