behave
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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
On that measure, which some use to predict how stocks will behave in the future, even a nearly 19-year high in the longest-term U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
When densely packed, the spheres have properties that allow the material to behave like a liquid, making it possible to push the mixture through a syringe.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
The challenge set by Descartes was, of course, that of building an automaton that could behave like an animal.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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
OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki acknowledged there was still uncertainty about how a new model behaves once released.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
In this case, the atom behaves much like a miniature heat engine, or more specifically, a "light engine."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
For cosmology, gravity determines how matter behaves across enormous distances.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
Monday, May 27,1935 As the day of Nat’s interview approaches, my mother behaves as if her nerves have rotted and fallen apart like old rubber bands.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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The conventionally engineered donor T cells behaved differently.
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
But I could read it every day in class if I behaved myself.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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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
He says those sourcing fake versions are in effect behaving as lab rats without any medical oversight.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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
And throughout the whole beginning of the service, Ma would peer down the pew to make sure we were behaving, which was hard because we always sat in the row with the stinky Thomases.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
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