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to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
if the children behave themselves properly and sit quietly during church, they'll get their ice cream afterward
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Recent Examples of behaving
Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 19 May 2026
Plus, the Andes virus that appeared on the cruise ship has not been behaving any differently from past Andes viruses.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The team stops functioning as a unit and starts behaving as a collection of individuals.
—Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 18 May 2026
The evidence from our tests suggests that the ball won’t be behaving in a way that leads to baffling and erratic flight.
—John Eric Goff, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
Little by little since the start of this outbreak, the organization has been studying how this strain of hantavirus is behaving.
—Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
But actually-old women behaving as actually old?
—Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Growth leaders across industries are already behaving this way.
—Catherine Nekavand, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
So much for smiling and behaving in front of the cameras.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
Seen in this light, Tik-Tok offers an early model for thinking about how humans imagine intelligent machines behaving, anticipating modern concerns about control and trust that shape today’s debates about AI.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 19 May 2026
Plus, the Andes virus that appeared on the cruise ship has not been behaving any differently from past Andes viruses.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The team stops functioning as a unit and starts behaving as a collection of individuals.
—Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 18 May 2026
The evidence from our tests suggests that the ball won’t be behaving in a way that leads to baffling and erratic flight.
—John Eric Goff, The Conversation, 13 May 2026
Little by little since the start of this outbreak, the organization has been studying how this strain of hantavirus is behaving.
—Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
But actually-old women behaving as actually old?
—Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
Growth leaders across industries are already behaving this way.
—Catherine Nekavand, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
So much for smiling and behaving in front of the cameras.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behaving
Adjective
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For families There are a couple of (very well behaved) babies here during my stay, but no kids dive-bombing the pool, and the stairs around this maze of a property aren’t particularly stroller friendly.—
Sarah Leigh Bannerman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The outbreak aboard the MV Hondius began after a Dutch cruise ship carrying 147 passengers and crew departed Argentina on April 1 for a South Atlantic voyage.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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For instance, that giant water bottle is not something any European is carrying around.—
Kristy Alpert,
Travel + Leisure,
16 May 2026
Verb
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In Davis’s work, runny paint has a way of acquitting objects of their permanence.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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Soon after, Dead & Company, with John Mayer acquitting himself in the Garcia role better than anyone would have thought, set sail.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Santa Marta asks how countries can manage the decline of fossil fuels in a just, orderly and equitable way.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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While the Board appointed an Interim CEO to support an orderly transition, the information, access, and operational records needed to resume operations were not turned over.—
Andrea Lucia,
CBS News,
13 May 2026
Verb
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Saginaw police are conducting a separate administrative investigation to determine whether department policy was followed.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2026
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Future development plans include expanding the system to coordinate multiple robots simultaneously and conducting more flight experiments in difficult and unpredictable environments while refining the platform through community feedback.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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Protagonist Pictures is handling sales.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Beyond that, in a TVLine interview, Kripke addressed the criticism that Marie Moreau, the blood-bending supe who can do everything from restraining supes to exploding them to literally raising the dead, was being portrayed as someone who could not take on Homelander.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Today, oil and shipping reporter Weilun Soon says the mayhem in the Persian Gulf doesn’t bode well for both ending the war and restraining crude prices.—
Weilun Soon,
Bloomberg,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Brothers Daniel and Adrián Aguirre love nothing more than making music together, composing melodies and writing powerful lyrics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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The songs are by composing legend Mike Stoller, now 93, and a master tunesmith during the era in which much of the story spans.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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