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behave

[bih-heyv] / bɪˈheɪv /
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There is a brief address from management reminding diners of the "charter" committing them to behave with respect and decorum, and then the fun begins.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Insufficient airflow control can prevent the vortex from forming, causing the fire to behave more like a conventional burn.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Judges are expected to behave with decorum while on the bench, but the profession doesn’t demand that they forfeit free-speech rights in retirement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Many existing fallout models primarily treat materials as if they behave independently, meaning some of these chemical reactions are only partially represented.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Yet as weird as these singularities behave, they were no longer mysterious to mathematicians, who were learning to dissect the infinite.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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