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follow-up
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follow-up, n.
- a second (or subsequent) action to increase the effectiveness of an initial action. Also used attributively; as a follow-up visit."A
follow-up may be of various types. After a medical examination, a second examination (orreexamination ) to obtain additional information regarding some fact discovered in the first examination is considered afollow-up . A second visit or phone call in pursuit of a sale or other request would also be afollow-up ." [WordNet 1.5] - A subsequent story providing information discovered or events happening after a first story was published. [PJC]
- Same as sidebar. [PJC]
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