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to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
if the children behave themselves properly and sit quietly during church, they'll get their ice cream afterward
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Recent Examples of behaving
Eric Andersson, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
Many familiar newsmen were pushed out of their jobs and disgraced for behaving badly — Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Mark Halperin, Bill O’Reilly, Roger Ailes and so on.
—Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
When great powers make their commitments to allies more ambiguous, allies are forced to think twice about behaving in ways that may be reckless.
—Charles Walldorf, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
Odyssey is behaving and attorneys are showing up.
—Brooke Park, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2024
Many autistic individuals experience retaliation or mistreatment after disclosing their autistic identity or behaving in ways that deviate from neurotypical norms.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Yet in the eyes of Ukrainians—and much of the rest of the world—Russians themselves are now behaving like fascists.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2022
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Remarkably, that turns out to be one of the least suspenseful moments of this movie that costars Justin Long as a badly-behaving landlord.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
Many familiar newsmen were pushed out of their jobs and disgraced for behaving badly — Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Mark Halperin, Bill O’Reilly, Roger Ailes and so on.
—Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
When great powers make their commitments to allies more ambiguous, allies are forced to think twice about behaving in ways that may be reckless.
—Charles Walldorf, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
Odyssey is behaving and attorneys are showing up.
—Brooke Park, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2024
Many autistic individuals experience retaliation or mistreatment after disclosing their autistic identity or behaving in ways that deviate from neurotypical norms.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Yet in the eyes of Ukrainians—and much of the rest of the world—Russians themselves are now behaving like fascists.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behaving
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The county has previously sprayed pesticides in neighborhoods where mosquitoes potentially carrying West Nile virus have been found.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The crowd moved slowly because of its size, with some cyclists carrying the Chinese flag and some people sleeping on the ground in a park after arriving in Kaifeng, according to photos and videos shared with NBC News.Peter Guo, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Conn’s filed its own Chapter 11 petition in July to conduct an orderly wind-down of operations, which include both the Conn’s and W.S. Badcock nameplates.Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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Moran reiterated the importance of maintaining orderly conduct.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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The compliance landscape continues to evolve, with the third quarter of 2024 bringing significant legislative changes that impact employers conducting background screening.Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Employers conducting background checks should note that all states with comprehensive data privacy laws exempt background checks conducted in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).Alonzo Martinez, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Feeding into Milioti’s volatile performance, her costumes chart a journey from obedient heiress to homicidal mob boss, culminating in her violent retribution against Oz in the show’s penultimate episode.Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Even so, our exercises did not suggest that any authoritarian would command a uniformly obedient federal workforce.Barton Gellman, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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The tune is the second that Cave, who has been composing film scores with his creative partner Warren Ellis for years, has contributed to a movie soundtrack this year.Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
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Romeo + Juliet is your first time composing for Broadway.Ilana Kaplan, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Behaving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behaving. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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