Nort's observation was confirmatory of his cousin's.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X] Reference

Samples have been sent to England for a confirmatory diagnosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2003] Reference

There are passages in Scripture confirmatory of both impressions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference

And confirmatory hereof, Mr. Lewis Evans, a gentleman of great.    From Wordnik.com.  [Report of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations on the Petition of the Honourable Thomas Walpole, Benjamin Franklin, John Sargent, and Samuel Wharton, Esquires, and their Associates 1772] Reference

And sometimes they have to do some confirmatory tests as well to be sure.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2008] Reference

So a rapid test showed that this cow has BSE, as did two confirmatory tests.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2006] Reference

The next day confirmatory reports arrived of the wreck of Mr. Chadwick's fortunes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone] Reference

Last night, confirmatory tests showed later in the night that indeed this is ricin.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2004] Reference

And the Catacombs contain confirmatory evidence of the joy with which relatives of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries] Reference

"Then I'll make my plans," went on Mr. Pertell, after a confirmatory nod from Mr. DeVere.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas] Reference

If it comes back high, there's going to be more blood taken for a more confirmatory test.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2007] Reference

On the whole, most of the points have been simply confirmatory of points previously considered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916.] Reference

We have a positive blood culture that is suspicious for anthrax; confirmatory tests are under way.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 22, 2001] Reference

GUPTA: The one thing I should point out about this is that test itself is not a confirmatory test.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 8, 2002] Reference

I have been making observations on this for several years and in 1942 obtained confirmatory results.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference

O'BRIEN: If I was a confirmatory decision maker, I'd be at this dealership because I just love jeeps.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2008] Reference

Steam tug "Grace Titus" -- Statement of George Carlton, containing valuable confirmatory information.    From Wordnik.com.  [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference

They still got to get another confirmatory test to be 100 percent sure, but it is 99.6 percent accurate.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 8, 2002] Reference

Steam tug "Grace Titus" -- Statement of George Carlton, containing valuable confirmatory information 236.    From Wordnik.com.  [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference

As this is an unread book, you may think it worth while to print the passage, which is only confirmatory of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes and Queries, Number 36, July 6, 1850] Reference

He calls them rational, confirmatory, fast and frugal and intuitive, and we're not just talking about voting.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2008] Reference

The trail in the snow was one of these confirmatory incidents, although I had no occasion yet to so regard it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference

We might add confirmatory testimony from a variety of sources, but the foregoing is sufficient for our purpose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manhood Perfectly Restored Prof. Jean Civiale's Soluble Urethral Crayons as a Quick, Painless, and Certain Cure for Impotence, Etc.] Reference

The Rev. Cooper Smith stayed to luncheon, and in the course of conversation various confirmatory incidents came out.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Child of the Glens or, Elsie's Fortune] Reference

HOOD: We're still in the confirmatory process right now and I can't say how many are going to be confirmed, actually.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2002] Reference

His notes indicate that he got a negative result because he didn't have enough sample left for the confirmatory test.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Jordan's Father's Murder Prosecution Tainted By Flaws: Review] Reference

In a word, their use of the argument is confirmatory and explanatory rather than by way of absolute proof and demonstration.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Basis of Early Christian Theism] Reference

These characters point to the presence of bile in fair quantity, and it is only necessary to apply a single confirmatory test.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887] Reference

We sent a specimen up to CDC and within hours of it arriving there, they determined by a further confirmatory test that it was anthrax.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2001] Reference

There is the confirmatory bias, whereby we seize on evidence that supports our beliefs, while ignoring evidence that conflicts with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Curb Your Enthusiasm] Reference

'Fatch her down,' said Samson from the sitting-room, and the girl, on receipt of a confirmatory nod from Mrs. Mountain, went upstairs again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Julia And Her Romeo: A Chronicle Of Castle Barfield From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference

The following day there came a confirmatory note from the solicitor of patents, stating that she had been anticipated also in her application for a patent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873] Reference

Joe was questioned on the subject he merely smiled and said nothing -- the strongest confirmatory proof, and an exhibition of the modesty inherent in genius.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference