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as in route
an established course for traveling from one place to another
will take the standard landing approach from the south
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as in method
the means or procedure for doing something
that's a different approach to knitting, but it seems to work
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as in to come
to come near or nearer
the parade's approaching! I can hear the band playing!
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as in to approximate
to come near or nearer to in character or quality
his store-bought dessert doesn't even approach your homemade version of it
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Recent Examples of approach
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Reznik said that instead of the approach Trump is taking, the federal government could help the L.A. region by providing more investments to improve the resilience of its local water systems.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Peter, on the other hand, is approaching it in a very old fashioned, very masculine, frankly, way of burying it, ignoring it, and that doesn’t often work.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Following his dismissal, Bolton published a memoir criticizing Trump's foreign policy approach, including admiration for authoritarian leaders like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Un.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Reznik said that instead of the approach Trump is taking, the federal government could help the L.A. region by providing more investments to improve the resilience of its local water systems.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
The picturesque country in the Arctic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland with a population approaching 57,000, was already a popular destination for the cruise ship industry with many vessels choosing Greenlandic towns for their ports of call.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Peter, on the other hand, is approaching it in a very old fashioned, very masculine, frankly, way of burying it, ignoring it, and that doesn’t often work.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approach
Noun
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Families being told to abandon their cars on evacuation routes to flee on foot and convalescent home residents being pushed down the street in wheelchairs as hot embers fly around them are scenes usually witnessed only in the movies.—
Caitlin Clarkson Pereira,
Hartford Courant,
24 Jan. 2025
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To make the most of Mobile’s charms, consider bedding at the Malaga Inn, a boutique stay in twin townhouses that date back to 1862, mere blocks off the parade route.—
Jenny Adams,
AFAR Media,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But none has the execution method as its lead option.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Jan. 2025
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The first phase focused on examining it using noninvasive methods, including videomicroscopy, infrared thermography and portable X-ray fluorescence.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Tines has the vocal power to approximate Robeson’s majestic lower tones, but this hard-to-classify project, which Tines created with the director Zack Winokur, is most potent when the singer abandons bass regions and reaches into his eerily piercing falsetto register.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Most people struggle now to use the most popular models to truly approximate the work of humans.—
Axios,
Axios,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This season, Kansas City went 15-2 and earned the No. 1 seed in the AFC and a first-round bye and an easier path to the Super Bowl than Buffalo.—
Ryan Canfield,
Fox News,
23 Jan. 2025
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The most common path founders take to turn an idea into a business is bootstrapping, relying on personal savings, support from friends and family, or even credit cards.—
Holly Eve,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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But look, this is an intentional strategy on the part of Trump's inner circle.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Jan. 2025
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The Baltimore City Health Department has implemented several strategies to combat the opioid crisis, focusing on prevention, treatment access and harm reduction.—
Pradeep Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Its Palisades store, which survived the Palisades fire, is temporarily closed.—
Andrea Chang,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Ridge Route Road is closed at Lake Hughes and at Templin Highway.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Midway through the third, the Leafs entered the zone on a rush.—
Joe Smith,
The Athletic,
30 Jan. 2025
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Say farewell to the Year of the Wood Dragon because the Year of the Wood Snake is upon us, officially beginning when the new moon enters Aquarius at 4:36 a.m.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Gianna and her father continued to share a love of the game and his mini-me was quickly on her way to carving out her own path in basketball.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, affectionally known as Gigi, were on their way to a youth basketball game in Thousand Oaks, Calif. when their helicopter crashed, killing both of them as well as seven other passengers.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Approach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approach. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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