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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

Worshipers sat on long wooden benches under a bamboo-and-steel roof, ceiling fans turning slowly overhead and loudspeakers crackling with reminders to be kind and to behave well.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 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

Has he no idea how to behave in an art museum?

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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

With a larger sample, astronomers may be able to learn much more about how dark matter behaves and how it is distributed.

From Science Daily Aug. 24, 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

But here’s the thing: It is the atom’s electrical charge that determines how it behaves in relationship to the atoms around it.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

In these models, the altered thalamic signals behaved differently from signals made by unaffected cells.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 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

Today shows them to be one of the worst behaved.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

He delivered the bad news when needed and administered a strict, no-nonsense form of discipline that mainly worked by keeping students so in fear of the threat of getting in trouble that they behaved.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

Leading computer scientist Professor dame Wendy Hall, who has advised the UN about AI, says the current crisis is all about the companies not behaving responsibly enough.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

The goal is to make the first decisions before an emergency begins, rather than after the sea starts behaving strangely.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

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

It’s disturbing to see him like this, behaving as though he might have emotions.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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