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behave

[bih-hayv] / bɪˈheɪv /
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"Our models show the ice giants can behave very differently. In some stretches the tilt swings by tens of degrees within decades. In others it shifts only slightly over the same span."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

"There is no place in our police service for officers who behave in this way."

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

“It’s rarely actually useful to diagnose anyone because we’re so complex, and people behave in such different ways in different contexts and so much is systemic.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

When combined with measurements of the cosmic microwave background, supernovae, and weak gravitational lensing, the results strengthened earlier indications that dark energy might not behave like a fixed cosmological constant.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

But what was the point, the purpose, of my salvation if it did not permit me to behave with love toward others, no matter how they behaved toward me?

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

In the vocabulary of investing, redemption behaves like that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Scientists are continuing to analyze data from collisions involving lighter atomic nuclei, searching for additional evidence of how quark–gluon plasma forms and behaves.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

The problem with endometriosis tissue is that it behaves exactly like the womb lining but it is trapped in the wrong place.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

These experiments allowed the scientists to examine how the toxin behaves in the more complicated environment of a living intestine.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

No one is looking at him, but he behaves as though there is.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

“When you look at the VXN chart and how it’s behaved this year, it’s more representative of the volatility that’s we’ve seen — both up and down,” Treacy said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Gillam-Kirton says her grief has been made worse by the way the Spanish authorities have behaved since.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

"Though the chatbots often made mistakes, they also behaved as sympathetic listeners to skeptical users -- while still refusing to endorse conspiracy theories," the center said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

The calculations also revealed changes in how oxygen atoms behaved as more oxygen entered the melt.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

She said it was to see that we behaved, but I believe she was glad of an excuse to leave the sadness of the house.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

His decision to call his fellow actors together and give them a lecture about behaving more seriously failed to gain him popularity.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Some companies have banned agents from accessing their platforms and behaving in this way.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Without this hormone, their skin cells began behaving more like those in females.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Highlighting worries about the technology, Smith pointed to a recent Anthropic report suggesting small AI models may be only months away from behaving like computer worms, copying themselves from one internet-connected device to the next.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

And the way he inclined his head her way, pressing his chest to the table edge — wasn’t he behaving politely?

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen


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