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behavior

[bih-hayv-yer] / bɪˈheɪv jər /


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A spokesperson for Delta said the airline "has zero tolerance for unruly or unlawful behavior, as the safety of our customers and crew always comes first."

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

They found that 20% of households lived “hand to mouth,” but that the consumption behavior of the other 80% was consistent with their forward-looking hypothesis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

A spokesperson for Delta told The Times in an emailed statement, “Delta has zero tolerance for unruly or unlawful behavior, as the safety of our customers and crew always comes first.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

"Delta has zero tolerance for unruly or unlawful behavior, as the safety of our customers and crew always comes first," Delta Airlines said in a statement to the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Social behavior goes beyond the ability to activate the correct muscles or decode the right spoken sounds.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

But he says "more than 30 years worth of behaviors" will need altering to make the railway run solely in the interests of the customer.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Nearly 40 years later, NPCs have come a long way, with increasingly complex behaviors and conversational dialogue that span far more than just three words.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

In the same way that cognitive behavioral therapy teaches patients to recontextualize their thoughts and feelings to produce different behaviors, writing stand-up requires people to reexamine their struggles and recontextualize them into punch lines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

"Cumulatively not engaging in health-promotion behaviors in the postpartum period has reverberating implications for the family unit, too," Yee said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

They take care with appearance, language, and productive behaviors to create an image of success.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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