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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El Niño has also been globally supportive for soybean output, particularly for major producers in the US and the south of Brazil, UBS analysts said.
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Fox estimated that Connecticut, which is in the process of applying for federal funding, will lose around $30 million in resources and 2,000 permanent supportive housing slots.
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The incredible supporting cast is made up entirely of old-hand character actors, promising but underknown newcomers, and comedy- or comedy-adjacent figures with passionate niche followings and Gumby-esque limbs.
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Some went after Cashman, some after Boone, some after Steinbrenner’s son Hal, and some after Aaron Judge’s non-supporting cast.
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The need-to-know this morning Vera Therapeutics and the FDA reached an agreement to allow Vera to accelerate the analysis of a confirmatory Phase 3 study involving atacicept, its treatment for the chronic kidney disease IgA nephropathy.
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Going forward, the FDA’s default position will be one study plus confirmatory evidence for novel products, especially in the oncology, rare disease and cell and gene therapy spaces.
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“Confirmational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confirmational. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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