confirmatory
adjective
con·fir·ma·to·ry
kən-ˈfər-mə-ˌtȯr-ē 
: serving to confirm : corroborative
a confirmatory test
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Examples of confirmatory in a Sentence
a confirmatory test for pregnancy
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Cody Green, president of the Santa Monica Police Officers Assn., said that investigators had plenty of time to get a confirmatory DNA test and that the plea deal was made before any preliminary hearings were conducted.
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
The drug has been closely monitored since that approval, and in October, Sarepta Therapeutics released results from a confirmatory trial showing that the therapy missed its primary goal – a measure of how well kids can move – but was successful on a number of secondary measures.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 20 June 2024
Positive results are sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for confirmatory testing, Boring said.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
Of those, 63% were converted to regular approval even though only 43% demonstrated a clinical benefit in confirmatory trials.
—CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
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Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
The drug has been closely monitored since that approval, and in October, Sarepta Therapeutics released results from a confirmatory trial showing that the therapy missed its primary goal – a measure of how well kids can move – but was successful on a number of secondary measures.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 20 June 2024
Positive results are sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for confirmatory testing, Boring said.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 3 June 2024
Of those, 63% were converted to regular approval even though only 43% demonstrated a clinical benefit in confirmatory trials.
—CBS News, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Confirmatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confirmatory. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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