behave
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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
Tournaments are pursuing younger audiences accustomed to the continuous movement and noise of other professional sports, challenging traditions that have long governed how spectators behave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Their interiors behave as electrical insulators, while their surfaces can conduct electricity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
Then again, the two markets may behave very differently.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
“You will stay behind this time. I’ve already arranged it with Mrs. Wigginbottom. She will watch after you while I am gone, for a fee, of course. I trust you will behave yourself.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki acknowledged there was still uncertainty about how a new model behaves once released.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Rather than treating wrinkles only as imperfections, researchers may be able to use them as functional features whose geometry helps determine how electricity behaves.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Scientists are getting a clearer picture of how thermodynamics behaves in the quantum world, and that progress could benefit both quantum technology and our understanding of familiar thermodynamic principles.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Tweaking them later can vastly alter how a model behaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“I should like to know how he behaves among strangers.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Wolves, for example, behaved differently from many of the other animals included in the research.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 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
When a jerk mistreats us, it can help to have an understanding of why they’ve behaved like a jerk.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Danny couldn’t be sure if Orion was encouraging the jackalope or making sure he behaved.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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
His team also tracked adult cuttlefish numbers during the dive survey, and said the dozen or so they saw - when there should have been tens of thousands - appeared to be behaving differently.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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
When electrons are restricted to a two-dimensional plane and interact strongly enough, they can begin behaving very differently from ordinary electrons.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Tallow was behaving in too serious and friendly a manner.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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