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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
But here was the rub: These burgeoning stars, with millions of followers, were all minors.
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
As for what went wrong, one source told WWD that Kardashian, who boasts 357 million Instagram followers, didn’t get enough marketing support from Coty, positing that Skkn by Kim was under-resourced during its time with Coty.
—Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 8 Apr. 2025
Since Messi’s departure, PSG’s number of Instagram followers has fallen from a peak of 70.4million to 62.7m. With Neymar, Ramos and Verratti leaving at the same time, PSG inevitably became less attractive from a commercial perspective as well.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Sure that Jesus was the Messiah, his followers scoured the Jewish Bible for prophecies that foretold his coming.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
As for what went wrong, one source told WWD that Kardashian, who boasts 357 million Instagram followers, didn’t get enough marketing support from Coty, positing that Skkn by Kim was under-resourced during its time with Coty.
—Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 8 Apr. 2025
Since Messi’s departure, PSG’s number of Instagram followers has fallen from a peak of 70.4million to 62.7m. With Neymar, Ramos and Verratti leaving at the same time, PSG inevitably became less attractive from a commercial perspective as well.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Sure that Jesus was the Messiah, his followers scoured the Jewish Bible for prophecies that foretold his coming.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for follower
Noun
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Wide range of protesters That message appears to be gathering a broader range of adherents than previous waves of popular protests against Mr. Erdoğan’s increasingly authoritarian style of government.—
Fariba Nawa,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 Mar. 2025
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Trump supporters who are adherents of the Heritage Foundation’s 900-page Project 2025 policy guidebook backed a proposal to raise the retirement age from 67 to 69.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
26 Mar. 2025
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Among the pieces are two sketches of the 12 apostles (the disciples of Jesus in the New Testament), which Pope Julius II, who commissioned the work, wanted Michelangelo to include in the upper corners of the ceiling, but whose likeness was ultimately scrapped by the artist.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
6 Mar. 2025
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Jesus Christ Superstar follows the personal relationships and struggles among Jesus, Judas, Mary Magdalene, his disciples, his followers, and the Roman Empire.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
18 Feb. 2025
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Rami Sinno is crouched beside a filing cabinet, wrestling a beach-ball sized disc out of a box, when a dull thump echoes around his laboratory.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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The exultant and tragic horn calls in the symphonies and in Das Lied von der Erde—were these not the potent echoes of the shofar summoning the congregation on High Holidays?—
David Denby,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Follower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/follower. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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