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Recent Examples of behavior Brower and her partner, Aspen Simone, dug into books about pigeon behavior and their history with humans. — Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026 The California Department of Public Health said animals with rabies will often have strange or unnatural behavior. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026 But the 5-star analyst remains bullish, given Amazon’s ability to adapt to changing consumer behavior, as it’s done in the past. — CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026 For one, the system was demonstrated in simulations, not a full real-world demonstration in which a freely operating robot continuously read someone's EEG and corrected its behavior around the house. — New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for behavior
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behavior
Noun
  • Arrests near schools or colleges have increased, though enforcement actions on campuses are extremely uncommon.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Similar actions have come from Tennessee, Kentucky, and beyond.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Were tactical arrangements sufficient without symbolic signaling, police training would not need to be so heady, their demeanor so heavy.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • First Deputy Superintendent Antoinette Ursitti possesses the knowledge, skills, ability, demeanor and experience to thrive in the top position.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Precise attitude control keeps those instruments pointed at their targets as the satellites race around Earth.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Expand The never-say-die attitude of the White Sox was on full display against the Guardians.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Behavior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behavior. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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