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"following" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often after (5 letters).
Definitions
Coming next; also a group of supporters.
Used in a sentence
“See the following section.”
“Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.”
“The following words have no definition[…]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“coming after”9 letters
02“Coming next”9 letters
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