lend itself to

idiom

: to be good or suitable for (a purpose)
Her voice lends itself well to (singing) opera.
The topics lend themselves to classroom discussion.

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The wall doesn’t lend itself to such treatment along the entire 2,000-mile-long border with Mexico, since much of that runs along the Rio Grande, but Noem addressed that too. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025 Does your background and expertise lend itself to one particular area of need? Jean-Pierre Conte, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025 Pogacar will go in as favourite, having beaten Healy over similar terrain at Liege-Bastogne-Liege this year, but the smaller team sizes allowed this time could lend itself to the type of chaotic race in which Healy excels. Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025 SMRs produce less power than larger, traditional nuclear plants, but the industry hopes factory assembly could lend itself to more affordable and scalable deployment. Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lend itself to

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“Lend itself to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lend%20itself%20to. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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