Point and Tendency

Point

Point noun - A particular and often important moment in time.

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Tendency and point are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tendency" instead a noun "Point".

Tendency noun - An established pattern of behavior.

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Point and tendency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Point" instead a noun "Tendency".

human	human point	human tendency
good	good point	good tendency
high	high point	high tendency
low	low point	low tendency
Other adjectives: particular, similar, common, right, certain, small, strong, real, large, serious, little, interesting, new, early, frequent, recurring, previous.

Instead of finding Earth-like worlds, they had a tendency to find an Earthlike point on the worlds they were sent to, even if the rest of the planet was not at all Earthlike.

Source: Literature / Known Space
Lovecraft, cursing his tendency to take forever to get to the point, "which point I had not yet ascertained despite asymptotically approaching it in the course of reading what felt like reams & volumes of the aforementioned purple prose which is infectious."

Source: Got Me Doing It
Troll: One of the most notable things about Vanoss is his tendency to act like a dick to somebody at a random point in his videos, depending on what game he's playing.

Source: Lets Play / VanossGaming and Company

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