comportment

Definition of comportmentnext

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of comportment Player comportment Some fans have lashed out at Tagovailoa for remaining on the field after the game to joke around and laugh for several minutes with Steelers and former Dolphins defensive back Jalen Ramsey. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025 Monstrous work is work that refuses to trade Black comportment for temporary inclusion into any institution that prefers to keep Black people separate and devalued. — Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025 Well, societal expectations about female comportment, for one thing. — Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2025 The car’s elegant and understated design, creampuff ride, and regal comportment of occupants was—and remains— the ultimate reward of the Corniche experience. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comportment
Noun
  • Researchers have found that a hijacks brain circuit, which to drive increasingly rigid and repetitive behavior.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • On top of that, an additional system that was automatically supposed to stop training runs once misaligned behavior was detected had failed.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Were tactical arrangements sufficient without symbolic signaling, police training would not need to be so heady, their demeanor so heavy.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • First Deputy Superintendent Antoinette Ursitti possesses the knowledge, skills, ability, demeanor and experience to thrive in the top position.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • In others, his accounts bought the debt after the federal government had executed regulatory or funding actions involving the very same borrower or project.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Within this region are two major neural pathways, known as the direct and indirect pathways, which appear to exert opposing influences over which actions are expressed.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Comportment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comportment. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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