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well-behaved

ADJECTIVE
having good behavior
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For Zap's method, controlling the stabilizing flow that keeps the plasma well behaved is just as critical as achieving strong compression.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

Paying tribute to Alexander his family said he was a "very kind child" who was always well behaved and "never naughty".

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2024

Service animals are always under control and well behaved, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023

Inflation expectations “have been incredibly well behaved, “ New York Fed President John Williams said last Thursday.

From Reuters • Sep. 11, 2023

She had been a quiet little thing of seven, well behaved and obedient.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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