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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confirmatory
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The gates of Ynyshir, a restaurant with rooms, more of which later, planted the confirmatory full stop, or the period, of the story of the Black Badge Spectre.—
Iain Macauley,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025 -
In a clinical trial, researchers compared blood test results to confirmatory results from a PET scan or spinal fluid test.—
Jennifer Klump,
Verywell Health,
23 May 2025
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“Confirmational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confirmational. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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