as in carrying
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
Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Hungry children have a harder time paying attention, behaving, and learning in school.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
That’s how leaders are behaving right now.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Anyone else in the room would expect to be arrested for behaving in such an indecent way in public, the man said.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
So there was still a rigidity of behaving and conforming.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Those surviving cells accumulated more genetic damage, and in some cases started behaving like cancer cells.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Look for light and shadow behaving naturally.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Every week provides viral moments captured on cellphones of sports fans behaving badly, often erupting into life-altering brawls and chaos.
—Ed Lavandera, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Some visitors behaving badly at the parks can add to the strain.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Hungry children have a harder time paying attention, behaving, and learning in school.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
That’s how leaders are behaving right now.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Anyone else in the room would expect to be arrested for behaving in such an indecent way in public, the man said.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
So there was still a rigidity of behaving and conforming.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Those surviving cells accumulated more genetic damage, and in some cases started behaving like cancer cells.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Look for light and shadow behaving naturally.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
Every week provides viral moments captured on cellphones of sports fans behaving badly, often erupting into life-altering brawls and chaos.
—Ed Lavandera, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behaving
Verb
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Major retailers started carrying blue Halloween buckets, including Amazon, Walmart and Target.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The result is a canvas capable of carrying emotional depth, material beauty, and archival quality, allowing works like Mourad’s to be both contemporary and timeless.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The first jury, by contrast, deliberated for days before acquitting Amiri of conspiracy, multiple deprivation-of-rights charges and convicting him of the single dog attack and records falsification.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Jury leans toward convicting Sweet and brother Harry for manslaughter and acquitting everyone else, but can't reach unanimous verdicts.—
NEAL RUBIN,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security said the agents were conducting an immigration enforcement operation at the time.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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The emerging damage of deepfakes On September 15th, 2025, Reuters reported that international gangs were conducting fraud operations by using AI to make online romance scams more believable.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The Biden administration set up the CBP One app to facilitate an orderly flow of asylum-seekers through official ports of entry.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Radiolarian skeletons are typically constructed of an orderly mesh of rigid polygons.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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According to the announcement, salmonella can affect the animals eating the products and possibly humans handling the products.—
Eva Wen,
jsonline.com,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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There’s a difference, school leaders said, between building the confidence of girls, whom society expects to be obedient and agreeable, and building the confidence of boys, who get different societal messages.—
Melanie Asmar,
Denver Post,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Tyrell Corporation, a powerful company that created the replicants and profits from sending them to work on distant colonies, sees them as nothing more than obedient workers.—
Claire A. Simmers,
The Conversation,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Taiwan, too, should keep enhancing its civil and military defenses while restraining its assertions of sovereignty in cross-strait affairs.—
STEPHEN WERTHEIM,
Foreign Affairs,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Washington Post via Getty Images Ellis asked Monday about several instances in which tear gas was deployed after her order restraining its use.—
Daniella Silva,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Drilling in pursuit of natural gas and oil in Wyoming has shown that the sandstone rock composing the Lance Formation is very deep beneath the mummies, measuring more than 1,000 meters (over 3,200 feet).—
Paul C. Sereno,
The Conversation,
24 Oct. 2025
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Abandoned by society yet driven by resilience, Hajeer transforms silence into strength, composing a symphony of redemption and love.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Behaving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behaving. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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