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behave

[bih-hayv] / bɪˈheɪv /
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My sister Ruth, who was seven years older, exposed me to psychology—why people behave the way they do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

"That will change the way they behave," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

“And then there’s the question of how we should behave towards AI at various stages of apparent consciousness,” she added.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

These artificial organisms could behave in unpredictable ways when interacting with Earth's ecosystems and might evade certain natural defenses that protect people, animals, and plants.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Nevertheless, in a given environment, animals of the same species will tend to behave in a similar way.

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

A coyote that fails to exhibit fear toward humans or behaves aggressively should be reported to wildlife officials, authorities say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Unlike traditional software, AI behaves more like a human worker: It takes action, makes decisions, sometimes even makes mistakes—all on the clock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"What makes this finding particularly interesting is that the sharks were responding to sounds beyond the acoustic near field, where the sound behaves differently than it does close to the source," Kajiura said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Plus, it’s inherently funny when a body engineered to function with extreme precision behaves ineptly.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

In college, then in graduate school, he behaves much as he always has.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

It is unclear yet from official data, which have a lag, how investors outside France have behaved during the recent volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

In a statement to ITV, Reform said there is "no room for racism" in the party, and added that it has opened investigations where activists or members had "clearly behaved inappropriately".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

To observe how the bioplastics behaved in a natural environment, the team placed samples beneath the surface of forest soil at the university's botanical garden.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

If researchers had assumed that the CGM behaved the same way in every direction, this effect could easily have remained hidden.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

He and Annabeth had only made it this far through Tartarus because Nico di Angelo had behaved like Bob’s true friend.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

A park spokesperson told Omroep Brabant, a local media outlet, that the leopards were behaving naturally and they would not be euthanised.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 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

But these days, it is behaving less like a barometer of broad market health and more like a funhouse mirror.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“I think you’d better listen to me instead of behaving in this uncontrolled way,” he said.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman


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