behave
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Starved ants developed higher levels of NPF and lower levels of AstA, making them behave more like caregivers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
“As AI systems grow more capable, ensuring they remain safe and behave as intended will require exceptional researchers and new ways of thinking,” said OpenAI alignment researcher Kai Chen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
"If you behave badly and don't leave my family in peace then I'll be gone, I'll just turn away," Klopp said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
As in most of the director’s movies, the characters behave like preening betta fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
However, a quantum car would behave in exactly this way.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Controlling how light behaves inside materials has already led to technologies that shape modern life.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Scientists have previously studied resilin because it behaves almost like a perfect biological rubber.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Unless Starlink behaves very aggressively, the Big 3 will probably not provide an MVNO.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
“Bitcoin may benefit from demand for assets operating outside conventional financial channels, but during sudden geopolitical shocks it often behaves like a high-risk technology investment, leaving it vulnerable to rapid selling when investors reduce exposure.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
And yet, if ever I don’t like the way someone behaves, out he goes!
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
But he behaved as if he’d spent a childhood surviving hardscrabble East Coast streets and was scornful of bourgeois diction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Instead, reporters sat in their black-tie attire and behaved like sycophants.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Still, the pickup in price pressures across the economy in the quarter wasn’t particularly broad-based, with measures of core inflation still well behaved, said Abhijit Surya, senior economist at Capital Economics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The waves recorded near the OJP behaved in an unusual way.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
How terribly she had behaved, as coarsely as her uncle, whom she loathed.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
They do not explain why Washington could borrow at a discount for 40 years while behaving like this.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
As locals questioned this growth, a city-commissioned Urban Land Institute study found the church was behaving similarly to most large institutional urban landowners, such as universities or hospitals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
One way a court can handle rumors of interpersonal bickering is to stop behaving badly in public sessions.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
"I walked into the room and she was essentially behaving like a child," recalled Nicola.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Just as there is a way to walk in a room in order to make yourself stand out, there is a way of walking and behaving that makes you inconspicuous.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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