behaviors

noun

plural of behavior
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 These behaviors reflected not only algorithmic performance but also the coordination of the robot body, actuator modules and motion-control system. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026 The Urban Institute set out to answer that question with a nationally representative survey of more than 3,000 adults, comparing the financial attitudes and behaviors of Gen Z adults (ages 18 to 29) with those of older Americans. — Shae Lake, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 The proposal would eliminate federal guidelines that keep kids who exhibit behaviors like Xavier’s from being removed from Head Start programs. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026 People with eating disorders may exhibit compulsive behaviors around both exercise and eating, including working out for multiple hours every day and carefully calculating every aspect of their diet. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Economists often zero in on the leisure and hospitality sector as an early signal about consumer behaviors. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026 Human beings can usually change one or two behaviors at a time, not six. — Drew McLellan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 This matters in areas like assistive robotics and safety monitoring, where AI needs to respond intelligently to behaviors it wasn’t specifically trained on. — Bo Wang, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026 Those behaviors have started shifting a bit, which has taken a bit of the growth rate off in the US, even in our categories. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behaviors
  1. actions
  2. demeanors
  3. attitudes
  4. manners
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
Definition of actions
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
Definition of demeanors
Noun
  • This week’s Pollwatcher looks at Americans’ attitudes and behaviors toward college education and highlights polls from two key House districts.
    — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Governments from tiny Qatar and Kuwait to much larger Saudi Arabia and Algeria are navigating shifting attitudes around the role of women – while also confronting economic and employment challenges.
    — Monitor's Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of attitudes
Noun
  • Swift drops clues in all manners and the Swifties almost always unearth the meaning behind them.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
  • On the one hand, Julian Fellowes’ juicy melodrama enlists one of the finest ensembles imaginable to bring outsized intensity to a drama of manners.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of manners

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

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