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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
Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 9 Oct. 2025
Just the vibe of it, and the approach.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
After a promising start to life at Blue Star, Ndiweni was approached to join the Baller League in January 2025, having decided not to attend trials the previous year.
—Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Her approach doesn’t require expensive biohacks or lab-grade supplements.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 9 Oct. 2025
Just the vibe of it, and the approach.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
The assessment contradicts Western conventional wisdom that Moscow has approached the conflict more as a meat grinder than with strategic nous.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
After a promising start to life at Blue Star, Ndiweni was approached to join the Baller League in January 2025, having decided not to attend trials the previous year.
—Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approach
Noun
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But with her coalition prospects in doubt, and the party weakened by scandal and voter frustration, her route to Japan’s top job is far from assured.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Ticketholders will be transported to the homes via shuttle buses that run continuously on the tour route.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Gold, which is inert and safe for biological systems, is at the heart of this method.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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To navigate these headwinds, sponsors and corporates are employing more creative deal structures including joint ventures with buyout options and continuation vehicles amongst other methods, Mergermarket said.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hiring has rapidly changed since AI agents and interviewers came into the picture.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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The discussion comes amid a huge surge in spending on data-center infrastructure.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Refrain from entering water that might carry an electric current and avoid walking through floodwaters.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Oct. 2025
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Detroit, which entered the game as the NFL’s hottest team, fell to 4-2.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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There’s no way to approximate this full-body experience or reproduce the effect of millions of richly acoustic notes shooting in all directions.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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If the Ravens don't have a path to competing this season, moving him would absolutely make sense.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Trotter also pays tribute to the creative path taken by Laura Braggion, Bottega Veneta’s first female creative lead, whose 20-year tenure from the 1980s helped shape the legacy of the house defined by craft, innovation, restraint and stealth power.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Fast-forward to the end of the first half, and the Lions’ decision (and what would have been Kansas City’s usual strategy) paid off for the home team.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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For buyers, extra money dries up GM’s strategy of crafting electrified options for its most popular models like the Chevrolet Blazer, Equinox and Silverado directly addressed what consumers wanted from the automaker’s emerging offerings, said Joseph Yoon, Edmunds' consumer insights analyst.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Every member of the CDC’s Washington office, which serves as a conduit between the agency’s Atlanta headquarters and Capitol Hill, was fired; barring a second round of reversals, that office appears to be closed.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025
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Rahm, meanwhile, finished tied for ninth, carding a final-round 68 to close at 12-under-par.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Approach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approach. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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