as in supportive
serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something
an abundance of probatory data linking smoking to cancer
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Adjective
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Best Amazon Memorial Day Fashion Sales Amazon’s fashion department is packed with deals on airy clothes, supportive shoes, and cute and functional accessories.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026 -
Plus, the supportive design won’t leave your feet screaming for a break halfway through the day.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2026
Adjective
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Some went after Cashman, some after Boone, some after Steinbrenner’s son Hal, and some after Aaron Judge’s non-supporting cast.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
10 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
Adjective
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Our system already demands that evidence be relevant and probative.—
Ivan J. Bates,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Apr. 2026
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This request is denied since these holes in the factual record, where defendants hold the pertinent backup evidence—should such evidence exist—are actually probative in assessing the reliability and accuracy, or lack thereof, of other representations by defendants about their actions more broadly.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Wright cites Nigeria's $200 million supplementary health budget and South Africa's decision to help cover gaps in AIDS and HIV treatment as two examples.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
19 May 2026
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Pooling Resources For Disaster Resilience The service will see the carriers pool resources and specifies that the satellite services will function as supplementary components.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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While Denali is conducting a phase 2/3 trial to confirm clinical benefit in a larger cohort of patients, including participants up to age 26, these confirmatory trials can take years to complete.—
Nathan Grant,
STAT,
14 Apr. 2026
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While the period leading up to the LOI does include a less robust form of due diligence that’s primarily about looking for red flags, confirmatory due diligence involves digging into the inner workings of a company to make sure every assumption in the LOI is verified.—
Frank Williamson,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Probatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/probatory. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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