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
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But many fintechs still view partnerships as supplementary, an optional extra rather than a strategic pillar.—
Henry McIntosh,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Mega Millions Player Wins $349M Lottery Prize as Game Announces Big Changes Oz Lotto involves seven winning numbers and three supplementary numbers picked from one lottery draw barrel of 47 numbers.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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This method would have theoretically reduced CMS spending on clinical confirmatory trials that missed their completion date.—
Joseph Choi,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Most of history’s great players have come to us with significant early hype and quick, confirmatory coronation events.—
John Hollinger,
The Athletic,
21 Nov. 2024
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“Probatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probatory. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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