Lean towards and Tend

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Tend and lean towards are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tend" instead a verb "Lean towards".

Tend verb - To show a liking or proneness (for something).

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Lean towards and tend are semantically related. You can use "Lean towards" instead a verb "Tend".

An example from e-sports: in professional Dota2 play, North American and European teams tend to lean towards being performers, while Asian teams tend to favor being technicians.

Source: Technician vs. Performer
The games do tend to lean towards Monstrosity Equals Weakness, but this isn't a universal truth.

Source: Video Game / Mega Man X
Macross as a whole does its best to present an ethnically diverse future society, even if its main casts tend to lean towards East Asian and/or European.

Source: Humans Are White

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