as in supportive
serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something
an abundance of probatory data linking smoking to cancer
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Adjective
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Perhaps there is no more probative example of this when the current president would not rule out using American military force to take Greenland and/or the Panama Canal.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2025 -
Fulbright shepherded the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution through the Senate in 1964, but two years later, his probative hearings helped shift public opinion against the war.—
James Goldgeier,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2018
Adjective
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The supplement market in particular was one of the first to respond with complementary and supplementary products.—
Emily Burns,
WWD,
7 Jan. 2025
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This fine comes as a supplementary discipline under NHL Rule 64.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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At the time of report, it was noted about a third of drugs approved through the accelerated approval process had incomplete confirmatory trials.—
Joseph Choi,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will perform confirmatory tests.—
Devan Patel,
The Mercury News,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Probatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probatory. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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