behaviors

plural of behavior

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Recent Examples of behaviors The little prior research on any sort of relationship between voting in the United States and living longer largely examined how health status might predict later voting behaviors, Handy said. — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026 Technology works on our conventions and behaviors, probing their weak spots, threatening to make them, and us, ridiculous. — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026 Kids are always watching, and your own food behaviors often speak louder than words. — Bryn Beeder, The Conversation, 1 Nov. 2026 Despite their harmless appearance, these exercises encouraged behaviors associated with manipulation and resistance to oversight. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026 As i4cp research analyst Katheryn Brekken explained, employees who know they’re being monitored may resort to performative behaviors, such as jiggling their mouse to appear active, rather than focusing on meaningful work. — Adithyan Rk, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 In Sguros’ five years with the police department, his performance and behaviors on the job had been scrutinized repeatedly, personnel and internal department records obtained by the South Florida Sun Sentinel this week show. — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026 In a study posted to the preprint server bioRxiv last March, Dzirasa and his colleagues tested the tool in mice with a genetic mutation that caused repetitive grooming behaviors reminiscent of OCD. — Simon Makin, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026 For ThredUp, those overlapping behaviors present an opportunity to attract customers as households weigh competing demands on discretionary spending. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behaviors
Noun
  • United Nations commissions have formally concluded that Russian military actions amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity — murder, forced displacement and systematic persecution.
    — Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2026
  • None of this absolves Karen of responsibility for her actions, and sober counselors will readily tell you that the process of recovery can and often does fundamentally alter a relationship’s dynamics.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Misdemeanors carry up to a $1,000 fine and 90 days in jail if found guilty and gross demeanors carry up to a $5,000 fine and a year in jail.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026
  • Ashley and Austin's demeanors change while walking to the car after the fundraiser.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • More broadly, a meta-analysis of over 100 studies found that fear appeals reliably shift attitudes and behavior across health and other domains.
    — Monique Mitchell Turner, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Above 5%, however, attitudes began to shift and yields suddenly starting looking like an attractive entry point, compensating even for the risk of inflation above 3%.
    — Fred Imbert,Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • These rules span what Americans would sort into law, ethics, manners and worship, as law professor and an authority on Islamic law Asifa Quraishi-Landes has explained.
    — Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Many teach-abroad programs where people can teach English as a foreign language in Thailand cite that smiling often with children and colleagues is key to showing respect, good manners and calmness.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

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“Behaviors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behaviors. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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