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
At the time of report, it was noted about a third of drugs approved through the accelerated approval process had incomplete confirmatory trials.
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Joseph Choi, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will perform confirmatory tests.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Initial tests suggested the child might have the bird flu, but confirmatory tests by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could not identify the virus.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
In India, health workers typically rely on symptom reporting to identify potential cases, and then send those people for a confirmatory X-ray, says Wadhwani’s chief AI scientist Alpan Raval.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Dec. 2024
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Joseph Choi, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will perform confirmatory tests.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Initial tests suggested the child might have the bird flu, but confirmatory tests by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could not identify the virus.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
In India, health workers typically rely on symptom reporting to identify potential cases, and then send those people for a confirmatory X-ray, says Wadhwani’s chief AI scientist Alpan Raval.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Dec. 2024
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But many fintechs still view partnerships as supplementary, an optional extra rather than a strategic pillar.—
Henry McIntosh,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Mega Millions Player Wins $349M Lottery Prize as Game Announces Big Changes Oz Lotto involves seven winning numbers and three supplementary numbers picked from one lottery draw barrel of 47 numbers.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Confirmatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confirmatory. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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