as in confirming
serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something
a confirmatory test for pregnancy
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Recent Examples of confirmatory
Specifically, the consumer protection agency pointed out that the data used to train the company’s AI model included photos from people who had never received a confirmatory diagnostic test.
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Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 8 Aug. 2024
Legal expert Louis Shapiro, a defense attorney not involved in the case, said to be admissible in California, a confirmatory DNA test is required to show the probability that the results are reliable.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
That means that the person has tested positive at the state level while confirmatory testing is being carried out at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024
Samples have been sent to the CDC for confirmatory testing.
—Reuters, NBC News, 13 July 2024
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Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 8 Aug. 2024
Legal expert Louis Shapiro, a defense attorney not involved in the case, said to be admissible in California, a confirmatory DNA test is required to show the probability that the results are reliable.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
That means that the person has tested positive at the state level while confirmatory testing is being carried out at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024
Samples have been sent to the CDC for confirmatory testing.
—Reuters, NBC News, 13 July 2024
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“Confirmatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confirmatory. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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