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 behaviors
Pullback behaviors are pronounced in young people—including many saddled with student loans—who experienced the steepest annual drop in credit of any generation since 2020, according to a recent FICO report.
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Current research on CGMs doesn't show that reducing just the spikes leads to better health, but tracking CGM data definitely leads to healthier behaviors.
—Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
Watching the wrong content can encourage bad behaviors and have a negative impact on a child’s mental health and outlook on the world.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Here are the most irrational fears travelers have There's a long list of phobias and irrational behaviors that travelers pack for every trip.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
For example, Temple Grandin, an outspoken author and speaker on autism and a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, has credited her autism with influencing her research on animal handling and animal behaviors.
—Joshua Anbar, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
And parents should model healthy sleep behaviors for their teens, which includes no late-night snacking or doom scrolling.
—NPR, 2 Nov. 2025
Jude didn’t intend the grotesqueness of the film’s AI images to reflect humanity’s own grotesque behaviors; that’s a matter of interpretation.
—Andy Crump, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
In one such conversation, Bieber opens up about trying to unlearn past patterns and behaviors to be less guarded.
—Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Current research on CGMs doesn't show that reducing just the spikes leads to better health, but tracking CGM data definitely leads to healthier behaviors.
—Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
Watching the wrong content can encourage bad behaviors and have a negative impact on a child’s mental health and outlook on the world.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Here are the most irrational fears travelers have There's a long list of phobias and irrational behaviors that travelers pack for every trip.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
For example, Temple Grandin, an outspoken author and speaker on autism and a professor of animal science at Colorado State University, has credited her autism with influencing her research on animal handling and animal behaviors.
—Joshua Anbar, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
And parents should model healthy sleep behaviors for their teens, which includes no late-night snacking or doom scrolling.
—NPR, 2 Nov. 2025
Jude didn’t intend the grotesqueness of the film’s AI images to reflect humanity’s own grotesque behaviors; that’s a matter of interpretation.
—Andy Crump, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
In one such conversation, Bieber opens up about trying to unlearn past patterns and behaviors to be less guarded.
—Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behaviors
Noun
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Anything can impact a president's rating, such as legislation passed, actions and elections.—
Laura Daniella Sepulveda,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Cargill explained her actions following a commercial break.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While a dog can be bribed with a squeaky toy and a pig would surely look at the camera when enticed with a sausage on a stick, cats are known for their admirably self-serving demeanors.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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In many ways their demeanors couldn’t be more different.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The conversation seems to have marked a shift in the right’s attitudes about Fuentes.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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Is that indicative of a telling contrast in attitudes?—
Joe Kozlowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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For my British mum, Paddington was manners, tea, and marmalade sandwiches.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
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Halsey might be welcoming fans back to the badlands, but that doesn’t mean people are allowed to have bad manners at their shows.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Behaviors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behaviors. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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