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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William, 43, has been supportive of his father following Buckingham Palace’s announcement in Febuary 2024 that the monarch was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025 -
Toward the end of his introduction, a few audience members could be heard shouting supportive exclamations for Mamdani, before Goldberg turned in her seat to address them live on the air.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Sure, that was exacerbated, and to some degree directly caused, by the ample non-supporting cast around him, especially on the offensive line.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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Status-quo bias is a powerful force that threatens to render us just another confirmatory voice in a one-dimensional echo chamber. 2.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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This was to be my second, confirmatory trip to the gallery.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Confirmational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confirmational. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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