as in supportive
serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something
that's an interesting hypothesis but one that still awaits confirmational data
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Adjective
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It’s not assured, but the mix of activist pressure, operational upside, and supportive sentiment makes the case compelling enough to watch.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
Domingo is set to play the Jackson family patriarch, Joe Jackson, in Michael, and during the amfAR benefit gala at the Venice Film Festival, said that Paris and her brother, Prince Jackson, had been supportive of the film.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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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“Confirmational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confirmational. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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