Question: I am writing a technical paper where I have described an experiment resulting in "x". Then I go on to describe the result of a second experiment whose result was expected since the reason was deduced in the previous experiment (x). I'm looking for a phrase to tie the two sentences together but I did not want to use "as expected" or "it would follow".

I know there is another phrase out there that suits better but I can't seem to come up with it right now so I need your help. Thanks.

Answer: 
Consider [synonyms](http://thesaurus.com/browse/consistent) of *[consistent](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consistent#Adjective)*, such as *[compatible](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compatible#Adjective)* and *[congruent](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/congruent#Adjective)*; eg, “Results of experiment B were consistent / compatible / congruent with those of experiment A.” Also consider *[in accord with](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accord#Noun)*; eg, “In accord with predictions based on experiment A, experiment B showed that...”
If the results of your second experiment were predicted by the first experiment then there was no need to carry the former. Maybe you deduced from the first experiment's results that the second experiment might give certain results, or you had doubts about the reasons for the results of the first experiment. In this case, maybe, *as predicted* is the wrong expression. 

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