as in actions
the way or manner in which one conducts oneself
usually the enfant terrible, he's promising to be on his best behavior for the party
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Recent Examples of behavior
The standard Keldysh model, widely used to describe excitons in two-dimensional materials, could not fully reproduce the experimental behavior by itself.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
5 July 2026
That enabled Atlas to run through the same actions millions of times in parallel across cloud GPUs, learning to adapt to imperfect conditions until the behavior held up reliably.
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Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
5 July 2026
An underrated musical based on a book-length poem about scandalous behavior in early Hollywood is enough of a reason to check out the season-ending show at Playhouse on Park.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2026
What makes these behaviors especially dangerous is that they’re often disguised as concern or devotion.
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Mark Travers,
CNBC,
5 July 2026
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Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
5 July 2026
That enabled Atlas to run through the same actions millions of times in parallel across cloud GPUs, learning to adapt to imperfect conditions until the behavior held up reliably.
—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
5 July 2026
An underrated musical based on a book-length poem about scandalous behavior in early Hollywood is enough of a reason to check out the season-ending show at Playhouse on Park.
—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2026
What makes these behaviors especially dangerous is that they’re often disguised as concern or devotion.
—
Mark Travers,
CNBC,
5 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for behavior
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behavior
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Her death sparked weeks of protests nationwide, calling for an end to an increase in immigration enforcement actions.
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Knowing Brady and Sullivan have gone after so many years of us trying to get them out is great, but Daniel Kretinsky needs to put actions into words to keep our trust.
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That’s more like it, although Haaland reverted to his refreshing aw-shucks demeanor when asked about his latest brace of goals.
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Hervé Renard just might be the most interesting coach in soccer, given his success stories, his reputation for turning around teams and, well, his often intense sideline demeanor.
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Rendon’s attitude and performance became so disappointing that the Angels effectively told him to stay away in 2026 and restructured the final year of his contract.
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The fans got their wish after a roller coaster of emotions as Team USA, down a man for the final 36 minutes after a Folarin Balogun red card, showed grit, poise and never-say-die attitude to hang on for a 2-0 win to advance to the Round of 16.
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“Behavior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behavior. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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