followup

[ UK /fˈɒlə‍ʊˌʌp/ ]
[ US /ˈfɑɫoʊˌəp/ ]

NOUN

a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with
a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done

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In a followup ruling last year, the ITC said that imports of certain "remanufactured" cartridges also violate Epson patents. Accusations of Snooping in Ink-Cartridge Dispute
I am a medical transcriptionist, and I use a word expander which will produce something like "the patient is here for a followup" if I type "tpihfaf. AutoHotkey Community
Studies with sufficiently long followup, including the need for surgical repair later in life, are required to properly evaluate the association between instrumental deliveries and such outcomes.
At any rate, the response to the followup question clarified the position (again mimicking your version). Barney Teaches a "Scientific Fact"
I have some small windows (early Wed coffee for example/after lunch Tues around Surrey Hillsway) and not a crazy schedule (more followup from fortnight ago) Feel free to ping as annoying as I am to catch. (flickr is waay not working for me today and it's blogging api hasnt worked properly since redesign either ... nor has rojo since acquisition .. i need new blogging tools) Archive 2006-11-01
The followup is that subway will do this for you, but charge you for "extra cheese." can Subway workers understand "tessellate"? christ, they can't understand "yes, i'd like olives" means more than 5 on a footlong. Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
Naturally, I was no longer home, but the next day I received a followup call berating me for “breaking” the appointment. The Volokh Conspiracy » Customer Service Update:
[T] he films in this year's Oscar race seem to suggest the world is more globally unified and polyglot than ever before," writes Anthony's also got a followup entry at his blog: "[W] hat I neglected to mention in the story is that most of the films have not exactly done 'boffo' business. GreenCine Daily
In Winnipeg director Sean Garrity's nervy followup to his first film Inertia, an insomniac psychotherapist becomes as unbalanced as his trio of patients.
(Of course, my introspection is fallible - if I can find some good data, I'll followup with a few simple statistical tests). Scion of Tax Consumers: My Calhounian Class Autobiography, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

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