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
Understanding Personalized And Contextual Security Personalized security customizes protections based on user attributes—such as roles, behaviors and historical interaction patterns.
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Pulak De, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Without sound input from the agency, the vaccine-information landscape is fragmented—which, Jetelina told me, will likely accelerate the atomization of American vaccine policies, behaviors, and beliefs.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Problems arise when these normal behaviors collide with the human home environment, especially if cats don't have access to appropriate outlets like scratching posts.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
BECs allow scientists to study quantum effects on a large scale, making strange quantum behaviors visible.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2025
Social media continues to redefine financial behaviors, driving discretionary spending and financial stress.
—Anushree Jain, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
More promising behaviors, on the other hand, include sincerely apologizing, owning up to mistakes, or, at the very least, patiently working through your hesitations together.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Feb. 2025
Pulak De, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Without sound input from the agency, the vaccine-information landscape is fragmented—which, Jetelina told me, will likely accelerate the atomization of American vaccine policies, behaviors, and beliefs.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Problems arise when these normal behaviors collide with the human home environment, especially if cats don't have access to appropriate outlets like scratching posts.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
BECs allow scientists to study quantum effects on a large scale, making strange quantum behaviors visible.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2025
Social media continues to redefine financial behaviors, driving discretionary spending and financial stress.
—Anushree Jain, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
More promising behaviors, on the other hand, include sincerely apologizing, owning up to mistakes, or, at the very least, patiently working through your hesitations together.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 18 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behaviors
Noun
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Similar to the way Madueke drove at his man without hesitation, those first-time strikes were very welcome after last season, when many actions in and around the penalty area felt a bit too laborious.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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These small but deliberate actions can open doors to new learning and strengthen workplace success.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In this theory, individuals categorize themselves and others into in-groups and out-groups, which shapes perceptions, attitudes, and behaviours and that typically, people tend to favour those in their in-group.—
Ellen Choi,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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These attitudes don’t always cause one of these forms of mass violence, but in places where mass violence occurs, these types of attitudes generally preëxist.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Drive Road manners are smooth and predictable, though steering feedback could be sharper.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Some felt its handling was off and others criticized its on-road manners.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Behaviors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behaviors. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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