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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
Evan Clark, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
Miami traded two of the team’s top players - cornerback Jalen Ramsey and tight end Jonnu Smith - to a Pittsburgh Steelers team that’s clearly taken an all-in approach to the 2025 season.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
The New Yorker, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Harrington Shows Clutch Gene As both Harrington and Cink approached the 18th tee on Sunday, the former held a one-shot lead at 11-under, and had the honors.
—Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
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Noun
There are a lot of moving parts at PVH, which is taking back its North American wholesale licenses from G-III Apparel Group, working out the kinks in Calvin Klein’s new global product kitchen, sharpening its inventory approach, and working to sync up product innovation with big-time marketing.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
Miami traded two of the team’s top players - cornerback Jalen Ramsey and tight end Jonnu Smith - to a Pittsburgh Steelers team that’s clearly taken an all-in approach to the 2025 season.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025
Verb
Macfarlane approaches the question by contrasting rivers’ legal rights with those enjoyed by corporations—often quite close to those afforded to persons—which dam, drill, and divert rivers in damaging ways.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Harrington Shows Clutch Gene As both Harrington and Cink approached the 18th tee on Sunday, the former held a one-shot lead at 11-under, and had the honors.
—Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approach
Noun
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In 1945 the family came back to Wisconsin to live on a 10-acre farm, where Ted raised dairy cows and pigs and drove the milk route.—
Neil Milbert,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
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Sacramento Regional Transit has encouraged riders to use bus route 11 instead.—
Tina Li,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2025
Noun
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In this case, using a dry cloth without a solution is a better cleaning method.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
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Areas to watch, says Arthur Adam, a neurosurgeon and stroke expert at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, include how human brain tissue is affected by the new thrombectomy method, and how the cells and debris behave once they’re liberated from the fibrin by the milli-spinner.—
Ani Freedman,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
Verb
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Visitors can follow segments of the original trail on public lands and approximate other sections by following the trail’s Auto Tour Routes.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2025
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To approximate that art entirely by proxy, without confronting the drama, is to desecrate it.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Ashby, though, is confident that the single agency is the best path forward.—
Jack Rodriquez-Vars,
Sacbee.com,
28 June 2025
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Although Disney could have made Underworld, as well as Lucas' vision of the Sequel Trilogy, time has shown us the company took a different path with the franchise.—
Daryl Baxter,
Space.com,
28 June 2025
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Their creative vision and cultural insight align seamlessly with our global strategy.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
1 July 2025
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This marks a globalization of the strategy and represents of the company’s first major advertising tie-ups with any European entity.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
1 July 2025
Verb
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Key News Asian equities ended a positive week mixed, as Japan outperformed, while Indonesia and Malaysia were closed for the Islamic New Year, which is also known as Hijri New Year, marking the start of the Islamic calendar.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The funds will support new cultural programming, including a major exhibition and gallery, as well as ongoing preservation work at the downtown landmark, which has been closed since 2022.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
27 June 2025
Verb
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To keep adult carpet beetles from entering your home altogether, consider keeping doors and windows closed, or investing in screen covers.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
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Learn the telltale signs iron is entering your water from your main supply, old pipes, or a well.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 June 2025
Noun
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Oaktree, which is on the way to amassing one of the largest independent library catalogs in the industry with about 70,000 movies and episodes, will fold its growing media footprint into a new holding company called Radial Entertainment.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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Canada has made some necessary adjustments in response to Trump’s tariffs, by the way: In March, Canadian exports to the United States declined 6.6 percent compared with the month before but rose in the rest of the world to 25 percent, making up nearly the entire difference.—
Stephen Marche,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2025
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“Approach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approach. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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