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behave

[bih-heyv] / bɪˈheɪv /
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To understand why these systems behave the way they do, we have to look at what is happening inside them, as we would with any other mind.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

"He would play heavy metal first thing in the morning at 6am on the days when he would behave badly," she said.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

It is difficult to predict how much one dollar will be worth decades from now and how the market will behave in a given year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Couples can still behave in ways that defy what the models suggest.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

At the very least it does not behave the way other numbers do.

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

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

The researchers are also testing how the device behaves at room temperature, which will be an important requirement if the technology is eventually used in practical applications.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki acknowledged there was still uncertainty about how a new model behaves once released.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

For cosmology, gravity determines how matter behaves across enormous distances.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

Initially the dial is set at 1 g' and everything behaves as we have grown up to expect.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The researchers also found major differences in how the two types of cells behaved after treatment.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 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

"So far, I think Russia's behaved quite well, having to do with the Strait of Hormuz," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Seeing that the priest had properly and assiduously observed all the procedures, millions of devout French Catholics behaved as if God really existed in the consecrated bread and wine.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

That’s what “nuclear deterrence” is all about; the possession of nuclear weapons deters others from behaving aggressively.

From Slate Sep. 10, 2026

For still others, 9/11 remains most powerfully a story about innocent lives lost and ordinary people behaving with extraordinary courage.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

“We’re more tolerant, players are behaving better and coaches are doing a good job in education,” Crittendon said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

A 63-year-old man has been found guilty of harassing the Labour MP for Walthamstow after preventing her from leaving a Tube carriage and behaving in an "abusive and aggressive" manner.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Later, Ranyinudo told her, “You are no longer behaving like an Americanah!” and despite herself, Ifemelu felt pleased to hear this.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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