as in confirming
serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something
a confirmatory test for pregnancy
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Recent Examples of confirmatory
This was to be my second, confirmatory trip to the gallery.
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Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
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
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
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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Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
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
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
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
See All Example Sentences for confirmatory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confirmatory
Adjective
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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
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
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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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The district would also need to create supplementary resources to help teachers incorporate AI into the classroom.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Sep. 2025
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Third, the letter writer and her family might want to consider engaging a geriatric care manager who could help them to identify supplementary services and connections in the local community that could go at least some way to alleviating her isolation.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Confirmatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confirmatory. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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