as in supportive
serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something
no dearth of probative evidence for the theory of evolution
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Fulbright shepherded the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution through the Senate in 1964, but two years later, his probative hearings helped shift public opinion against the war.
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James Goldgeier, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
The length of the trial was due to a combination of appeals and the prosecution’s strategy to present as much evidence as possible to entertain multiple paths to conviction, even when such evidence was of little probative value.
—Tatiana Carayannis, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2016
Her recent albums have been even more probative.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2021
Weinstein's lawyers argued before the trial that use of such testimony is more prejudicial than probative, but the judge who presided over the trial decided to allow it following a secret hearing.
—Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
If the emails are probative, the jury should see them.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 May 2022
Judges are supposed to allow or bar such witnesses based on whether their testimony is more probative than prejudicial.
—Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 12 May 2022
When presented with these potential witnesses, trial judges have to balance whether their testimony is properly probative or impermissibly prejudicial.
—Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022
Justice Breyer said additional evidence of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s behavior could have been probative.
—Jess Bravin, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022
James Goldgeier, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2018
The length of the trial was due to a combination of appeals and the prosecution’s strategy to present as much evidence as possible to entertain multiple paths to conviction, even when such evidence was of little probative value.
—Tatiana Carayannis, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2016
Her recent albums have been even more probative.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2021
Weinstein's lawyers argued before the trial that use of such testimony is more prejudicial than probative, but the judge who presided over the trial decided to allow it following a secret hearing.
—Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
If the emails are probative, the jury should see them.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 May 2022
Judges are supposed to allow or bar such witnesses based on whether their testimony is more probative than prejudicial.
—Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 12 May 2022
When presented with these potential witnesses, trial judges have to balance whether their testimony is properly probative or impermissibly prejudicial.
—Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022
Justice Breyer said additional evidence of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s behavior could have been probative.
—Jess Bravin, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022
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