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Recent Examples of Synonyms for probatory
Adjective
  • It’s not assured, but the mix of activist pressure, operational upside, and supportive sentiment makes the case compelling enough to watch.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Domingo is set to play the Jackson family patriarch, Joe Jackson, in Michael, and during the amfAR benefit gala at the Venice Film Festival, said that Paris and her brother, Prince Jackson, had been supportive of the film.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Perhaps there is no more probative example of this when the current president would not rule out using American military force to take Greenland and/or the Panama Canal.
    Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • This makes for great supplementary income as a side hustle while working full-time, or in between jobs.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Connecticut could face close to $180 million in annual extra costs to its supplementary nutrition and food stamps program within the next five years, according to a very preliminary analysis of recent federal budget cuts by Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
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“Probatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probatory. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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