How to Use behavioral in a Sentence

behavioral

adjective
  • That’s the behavioral side of the equation, Grasman said.
    Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • People need both a safe place to live and behavioral health care to succeed.
    Jim Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • The European Union cleared the deal with behavioral remedies in May.
    Katharine Gemmell, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Jan Hoffman writes about behavioral health and health law.
    Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • And that’s our way to contribute to consumer behavioral change.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Catnip is a common herb of the mint family and can cause behavioral changes in cats, according to petmd.com.
    Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The article states there are many reasons why a solar eclipse may spark behavioral changes.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The study could inform the state’s approach to expanding its behavioral health system.
    Angela Hart, Anchorage Daily News, 24 June 2023
  • Later, Priscilla Carter, a school behavioral health specialist at the time, called the student down to her office.
    Katherine Kokal, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • The results suggest that behavioral changes – and not just weight loss – are what matter for improving health.
    Essence, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The researchers conducted a behavioral test to see how each species of spider responded to light.
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2023
  • With computer vision tools, mouse behavioral tests can run in a fraction of the time that would be required with human observers.
    Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Some studies suggest that the behavioral changes in mice may be caused by the immune response to the parasite, which causes inflammation in the brain.
    Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Of that amount, 15% is earmarked for behavioral health programs, 5% to address homelessness and 5% for youth programs.
    Dánica Coto, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Instead, the game teaches larger life and behavioral strategies.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Even low doses in children are linked to learning, behavioral, and cognitive deficits.
    Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The mental state of people taking this drug should be closely monitored by doctors and parents/guardians should be on alert for any mood or behavioral changes.
    Leah Ansell, Verywell Health, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The boy had a history of behavioral challenges and violence towards teachers, the lawsuit said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 12 June 2023
  • The surcharge would have doubled the tax on bottles of hard alcohol, raising $90 million over the next two years for behavioral health care and addiction services.
    Lynne Terry, oregonlive, 9 June 2023
  • The bill is one of three passed by the Legislature on Thursday night aimed at transforming the behavioral health landscape in California.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The money saved was meant to be disbursed among counties for behavioral health services, but that transfer never came close to happening on the scale that was envisioned.
    Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The city launched a behavioral health response program so that trained mental health professionals will respond to calls for service that do not police.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • The behavioral tests examined the birds’ problem solving, for instance by figuring out how to remove an object to access the food reward.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2023
  • This big-picture data was paired with detailed behavioral observations from the ground.
    Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
  • As Knoblock was wrestling with the fate of his office, a colleague sent him a video of a talk by Gleb Tsipursky, a behavioral scientist who promised to help chief executives in Knoblock’s precise situation.
    Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Still, behavioral restrictions haven’t proven much more effective than large fines.
    Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Some of the effects monitored in ocean life include stress, weak immune systems, and behavioral disturbances.
    Gabriella Sotelo, Treehugger, 14 July 2023
  • For the first time, counties would be required to spend behavioral health dollars on housing for homeless people with mental illness and addictions.
    Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Two out of three had a history of mental illness, and more than 80 percent displayed signs of behavioral crisis noticeable to others prior to their crime.
    Dana Kelley, Arkansas Online, 5 May 2023
  • In turn, this may lead to better cognitive and behavioral outcomes for individuals on the autism spectrum.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2023

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