Probative
Probative adjective - Serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something.
Usage example: no dearth of probative evidence for the theory of evolution
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Supporting and probative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Supporting" instead an adjective "Probative".
Supporting
Supporting adjective - Serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something.
Usage example: scientists looking for direct supporting evidence of microscopic black holes, the existence of which is theoretical
Probative and supporting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Probative" instead an adjective "Supporting".
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