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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Top Paw Velvet Orthopedic Couch Dog Bed Just like humans need a comfortable and supportive mattress, dogs also benefit from a bed that supports their bones and joints.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025 -
My friends and family were supportive and life’s too short.—
Jody Darwick,
Flow Space,
10 Sep. 2025
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
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Weinstein's lawyers argued before the trial that use of such testimony is more prejudicial than probative, but the judge who presided over the trial decided to allow it following a secret hearing.—
Maria Puente,
USA TODAY,
2 June 2022
Adjective
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This makes for great supplementary income as a side hustle while working full-time, or in between jobs.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Connecticut could face close to $180 million in annual extra costs to its supplementary nutrition and food stamps program within the next five years, according to a very preliminary analysis of recent federal budget cuts by Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
11 Aug. 2025
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In cases where there is a high level of suspicion, antibiotics are often started in advance of confirmatory testing.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
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Samples collected from the Navigator of the Seas outbreak are still pending confirmatory testing, according to the CDC.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
18 July 2025
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“Probatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probatory. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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