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
  • The behavioral shift was observed for well over a year post-fire.
    — Anton Sorokin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
  • That is the behavioral changes the pandemic has forced upon the world.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 2 May 2022
  • Three free behavioral health visits a year would be part of it.
    — Time, 3 Mar. 2022
  • For a lot of those kinds of behavioral deficits, teaching you the skills that are going to manage that deficit is the way to go.
    — Matt Villano, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
  • People need both a safe place to live and behavioral health care to succeed.
    — Jim Vargas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • Within the first week since the buffer zone was put in place, Ross noticed behavioral changes on both sides of the glass.
    — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 14 Apr. 2022
  • But this one doesn’t, and it’s learned that its hosts can have behavioral changes, which influences the rest of the story.
    — Rance Collins, IndieWire, 28 June 2025
  • 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
  • Since then, some studies have found a link between the dyes and behavioral issues.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Mann, who worked in behavioral health, had four children.
    — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The line offers a range of services for people between the ages of 5 and 23 with behavioral or mental health needs.
    — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Over that five and a half year time span, paramedics used the drug overwhelmingly to deal with behavioral issues.
    — Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2022
  • That money must be spent on behavioral health and drug treatment.
    — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • And that’s our way to contribute to consumer behavioral change.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • That doesn’t mean D.C. should set aside its plans for the behavioral health facility — quite the contrary.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
  • People convicted of such crimes are barred from a slew of jobs in behavioral health, child care and elder care.
    — NBC News, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The fire department’s team sends a clinician with an EMT to behavioral health calls.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Nov. 2022
  • In the case of dogs, owners most often cited lack of time, the pet's illness, and behavioral problems such as biting.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • There can also be behavioral changes that occur when a dog gets older too.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
  • 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
  • For some kids, the trauma of an eviction can cause behavioral problems, said Morellis-Wolfe.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Then a third factor—behavioral drive—compels you to go out and do your job, or find a mate, or gather sustenance.
    — Marla Broadfoot, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Last October, Palmer was named the first chief of behavioral health for Endeavors.
    — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 30 May 2022
  • What's important to you about making this behavioral change?
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 30 June 2025

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