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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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 -
The length of the trial was due to a combination of appeals and the prosecution’s strategy to present as much evidence as possible to entertain multiple paths to conviction, even when such evidence was of little probative value.—
Tatiana Carayannis,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Apr. 2016
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In Colombia, for example, according to supplementary data in the study, people drank an estimated 17 servings of sugary drinks each week – or over two 8-ounce glasses a day.—
Rachel Carlson,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2025
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These 17 videos, which contain historical lessons about the island, complement the album and serve as supplementary reading.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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In India, health workers typically rely on symptom reporting to identify potential cases, and then send those people for a confirmatory X-ray, says Wadhwani’s chief AI scientist Alpan Raval.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
19 Dec. 2024
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At least 10 birds – including ducks, geese and a zebra dove – were reported dead on the property on Nov. 12 and were then sent for confirmatory testing.—
Louis Casiano,
Fox News,
25 Nov. 2024
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“Probatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probatory. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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