behave
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“I think he’s behaved reasonably well, and we behave reasonably well,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
This type of controller relies on a dynamic mathematical model to predict how the robot will behave and determine the best sequence of actions for safely following a desired flight path.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
And if an AI system itself behaves in ways its developers did not expect, a rulebook won’t make it behave.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Lee’s film is motivated less by anger and more by curiosity, compassion and a general confusion, as no one quite knows how to behave or feel or just be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Obviously, he was trying to make me behave like an animal, inching closer to some morsel of food in his hand.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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And if an AI system itself behaves in ways its developers did not expect, a rulebook won’t make it behave.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
These events gave the team a rare opportunity to watch how a black hole behaves after suddenly receiving a large supply of stellar material.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Imagine a relatively uneventful in which the Fed raises rates, explains its reasoning convincingly; Treasury yields settle; inflation expectations remain contained; the dollar behaves normally; and equities absorb the decision without disorder.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
In this version of the story, A.I. stops being a tool and acts as a being that behaves in accordance with its own worldview.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Just because something is a certain way, instead of just behaves a certain way, doesn’t mean it’s an ignoramus.”
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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“This is not how Navatek behaved or conducted business before I sold the company to Martin Kao,” Loui wrote to ProPublica.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
In observational studies, which look back at how patients behaved naturally, it can be hard to separate whether the intervention or someone’s lifestyle is responsible for the benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Matthew Roberts, defending him, said he was of "clean character" and "well behaved" before the incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Warsh set aside one of the better arguments for patience when he dismissed moderate growth in wages, which in the Fed’s conventional models is a sign inflation should be better behaved over time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
A nasty piece appeared in a trade journal, suggesting that he had behaved unethically in side-pocketing his bet, and Burry felt certain it had been planted by one of his own investors.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Former Crenshaw football coach Robert Garrett said he learned to talk to students about their personal lives to understand why they are behaving in certain ways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Crude around $100 a barrel understates what businesses are actually paying: Diesel is behaving as though oil were at $200, said Dudley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Indeed, oil is increasingly behaving like a macro risk for equities, rather than simply another indicator of economic growth.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Leading computer scientist Professor dame Wendy Hall, who has advised the UN about AI, says the current crisis is all about the companies not behaving responsibly enough.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
And now the cake was behaving very curiously for while the bottom was burning and sending out a black smoke the top was rising and falling glueyly with a series of little explosions.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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