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as in adherent
one who follows the opinions or teachings of another
the followers of Gandhi have spread his philosophy of nonviolence all over the world
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as in imitator
a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way
Brando's Method acting inspired a whole generation of mumbling followers
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Recent Examples of follower
Chan has 47,000 followers on Instagram, another 69,000 on TikTok, and posts often.
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Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
That post reached 7 million views and helped push her Instagram account to nearly 400,000 followers.
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Vera Lucia Pappaterra,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
These are people who record their every move and whose social currency is built on their ability to present compelling footage to their many thousands of followers.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
1 July 2026
The deal comes after a dramatic intervention by Elon Musk, who posted the film on his X account – which has 240 million followers – to download in its entirety for free for 48 hours, from Thursday to Saturday.
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Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
30 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for follower
Zach Dean Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
That post reached 7 million views and helped push her Instagram account to nearly 400,000 followers.
—
Vera Lucia Pappaterra,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
These are people who record their every move and whose social currency is built on their ability to present compelling footage to their many thousands of followers.
—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
1 July 2026
The deal comes after a dramatic intervention by Elon Musk, who posted the film on his X account – which has 240 million followers – to download in its entirety for free for 48 hours, from Thursday to Saturday.
—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for follower
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But the belief died hard, and photography spurred its adherents on.
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Bridgers is a strict adherent to Attenborough’s Law.
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But the arrival of Buc-ee's supercharged the trend and spawned imitators like Wally's, which has three 50,000-square-foot locations in the Midwest, with plans for more.
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The frontier labs keep shipping the next capability while the imitators are still training on the last one, and the value keeps accruing to whoever is ahead rather than to whoever copied the leader's previous answers.
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Back in his coaching career, Cruyff was one of the first managers to be obsessed with the cut of the pitch — a trait that has passed over to his disciples, most notably the exacting Pep Guardiola.
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Christian Science teaches that the divine laws of Truth and Life, as demonstrated by Jesus and his disciples, continue to operate today as an eternal, demonstrable Science.
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There may be echoes of history on George’s first day.
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This gas absorbs that light and also pulses, with this secondary pulse serving as an echo of the first.
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“Follower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/follower. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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