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deportments

noun

plural of deportment

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the way or manner in which one conducts oneself her deportment during the bitter divorce was a model of self-restraint and class

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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

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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

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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

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