How to Use the following in a Sentence

the following

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  • The four-team girls event will be played Dec. 29 and the boys the following day on Dec. 30.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The sides picked up the matchup the following day and the Knights scored 2 runs in the top of the final inning to earn the win.
    — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The pair welcomed their first child, son Aleph, in 2011 and tied the knot the following year.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
  • The full moon the following month, known as the Hunter's Moon, peaks on Thursday, Oct. 17.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The second five will come the following month on Nov. 7.
    — Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Chavez died the following year and was replaced by Maduro.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 July 2024
  • The permits would be valid from Aug. 1 until April 1 of the following year.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The highway will close again during the same times on the following weekend, from Oct. 11 to 14.
    — Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Supreme Court ruled the following year that the act had a valid basis in the Constitution.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The organizations with the most votes will move on to the next round on the following week.
    — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The center earned league MVP honors the following year, but broke his foot late in the season.
    — Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 27 May 2024
  • Since then, Combs’ version had spent much of the following year near the top of the Hot 100, peaking at Number Two.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The painting was later loaned to the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne, which staged the same show the following year.
    — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The survey said the following slang terms parents don't vibe with.
    — USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Chase did not play the following week against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2024
  • By the following day, the grease will have mostly solidified and risen to the top.
    — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • And unless Congress changes the law before then, the $600 threshold is set to kick in the following year.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The Fed also weakened its own rules the following year.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Still, his program is built around getting 2-year-olds ready to run in Triple Crown races the following year.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The boy was given a one-day suspension for the following day.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The couple reconciled in 2021 and wed the following year.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 July 2024
  • Then there’s the 1983 Seiko TV wristwatch that showed up in Octopussy, which came out the following year.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The West Regional is set for the following week in Las Vegas.
    — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The inmate was taken to the hospital the following day, Davis said.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Moses was on felony juvenile probation at the time but the case was dropped the following month.
    — Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The bloc held its first summit in 2009 with four members before adding South Africa the following year.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN, 6 Sep. 2023
  • The boat then docks in Berlin, where guests can tour the city before disembarking the following day.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2024
  • The new company name will be announced in the following months.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Dozens skipped work to come back to the Statehouse a second time the following week, when the committee voted.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The pair were convicted the following year and are set to be sentenced in November.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024

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