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behavior

[bih-heyv-yer] / bɪˈheɪv jər /


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"That tells us we can potentially tune electrical behavior by carefully controlling curvature at the nanoscale."

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

The rapid advance of open-weight models, which make public a set of numerical values governing their behavior, is certainly a concern for closed-model developers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

The chain’s CFO said at the time that this sort of behavior was “an indication of stress.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

A modest shift in consumer behavior hardened into a cultural stereotype.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Being on my best behavior at all times was just one of the problems with being the commander’s kid, and today of all days I did not want to play the polite and well-behaved daughter.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Features such as stingers, specialized nesting behaviors and other biological traits may have created conditions that made cooperation more advantageous and helped sophisticated insect societies emerge again and again.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

Nothing yet has stopped the inexorable rise in college costs, but there may be signs that government regulations, financial-aid rule changes and family behaviors could start to curb tuition inflation.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Research studies have shown that children of incarcerated parents are more likely to experience mental health challenges and develop antisocial behaviors.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

There are plenty of other ways that our culture has disguised unhealthy behaviors, as “Maddie’s Secret” so cunningly stresses.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

Each student gains importance and dignity as he or she participates in teaching and learning to set goals, make plans, choose behaviors, evaluate results, and learn from each experience to do things better.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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