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behave

[bih-heyv] / bɪˈheɪv /
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As an American, you’re aware, I’m sure, that how we are portrayed in the news and pop culture is not all that accurate compared with how many of us behave day to day.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

But they're a minority shareholder here but we don't behave like that.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Starved ants developed higher levels of NPF and lower levels of AstA, making them behave more like caregivers.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

“As AI systems grow more capable, ensuring they remain safe and behave as intended will require exceptional researchers and new ways of thinking,” said OpenAI alignment researcher Kai Chen.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 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

Even a well-stocked farmers market rarely behaves like a supermarket organized around a recipe’s demands.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

Controlling how light behaves inside materials has already led to technologies that shape modern life.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

“Unless Starlink behaves very aggressively, the Big 3 will probably not provide an MVNO.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 25, 2026

“Bitcoin may benefit from demand for assets operating outside conventional financial channels, but during sudden geopolitical shocks it often behaves like a high-risk technology investment, leaving it vulnerable to rapid selling when investors reduce exposure.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 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 teenager has been described as quiet and well behaved by family members in local media.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

This approach helped address a major criticism of earlier "power pose" research: that participants may have behaved differently because they understood what the researchers expected.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

It was unfair to the students who wanted to learn and were well behaved, and it was difficult to teach when nothing could be done to mitigate the disruptions.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

But he behaved as if he’d spent a childhood surviving hardscrabble East Coast streets and was scornful of bourgeois diction.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

I was always quiet and I behaved, so the teachers left me alone.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea

But the yen has also been behaving oddly.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The researchers concluded that these participants were not simply behaving more recklessly.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Birds and other animals, bewildered by unforeseen night, start behaving strangely.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Derbyshire says people can also contact police if they see anyone behaving in a dangerous way, such as lighting a bonfire that is likely to spread to a large area.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

The week before, we’d all been given a lecture about taking the opportunity seriously and behaving appropriately.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge




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