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Recent Examples of behavior Research has shown that dogs often demonstrate behaviors that suggest care and concern for their human companions. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 Affair with a lobbyist and a divorce Flora has been able to bypass questions about his behavior in the past. Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025 Much about the new species’ lifestyle and behavior remains unknown. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025 In the business classic Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles Mackay examined the psychology of crowd behavior and mass hysteria throughout history, from the Dutch Tulip Mania of the 1630s to humanity’s historical obsession with transmuting base metals into gold. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for behavior
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Noun
  • Laughter from the crowd breaks the tension of what could have been understood as metaphor for Netanyahu’s actions.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Put a quick stop to any slobbering and jumping on people, which can ruin their clothes as well as their otherwise pleasant demeanor.
    Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Big horse, calm demeanor On Friday and Saturday nights, people might just bump into Ross on Lower Broadway.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Our attitude influences others.
    Jonathan Carone, Parents, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Therefore, his win-now, impress-now attitude probably should come as no surprise.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2025

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