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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
Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2025
The whole-of-government approach no longer occupies the same place at the center of U.S. messaging, though Langley said holistic efforts have worked in places such as Ivory Coast, where development and defense had reduced attacks by jihadi groups near its volatile northern border.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
As Missouri’s deadline to pass next year’s budget approached earlier this month, House Republican lawmakers made a stunning decision to cut roughly $500 million that would have paid for construction projects across the state.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
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Noun
The warning is in effect until 2:30 p.m. What to do as threat of lightning approaches?
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2025
The whole-of-government approach no longer occupies the same place at the center of U.S. messaging, though Langley said holistic efforts have worked in places such as Ivory Coast, where development and defense had reduced attacks by jihadi groups near its volatile northern border.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
Verb
Since the beginning of the year, analysts started observing that the housing market seemed to be approaching a breaking point, with buyers being pushed to the sidelines by high prices and elevated mortgage rates while sellers finally decided to put their homes on the market.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
As Missouri’s deadline to pass next year’s budget approached earlier this month, House Republican lawmakers made a stunning decision to cut roughly $500 million that would have paid for construction projects across the state.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approach
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Read Next Business Charlotte airport adds airline for first direct route from NC to the Middle East May 16, 2025 9:05 AM Still, from Thursday, May 22, through next Tuesday, Charlotte Douglas is anticipating more than 970,000 passenger arrivals and departures, according to the airport.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
23 May 2025
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Cruise remote trails and rock crawl through iconic routes like one to the hydroelectric power plant at Bridal Veil Falls and Ophir Pass to Alta Lakes and Ghost Town.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
23 May 2025
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The only way to avoid jail is paying money, usually with a gift card, but a method becoming more common is paying by cryptocurrency.—
Wayne Ford,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Prioritize Algorithmic Efficiency Focusing on algorithmic efficiency can help reduce AI’s environmental impact by improving model architectures and training methods, enabling similar performance with fewer computations.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The ratio approximates a measure of whether a patient has amyloid plaques in their brains − a disease hallmark that is now detected by images from expensive PET scans.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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The good news is that businesses can design AI systems that approximate Rawls' fairness principles.—
Nate Bennett,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The path to infection The most common way people swimming inland get sick is by swallowing the water.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
23 May 2025
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Aging is being redefined not as a linear path to decline, but as a modifiable, and in some ways reversible, biological process.—
Brent Gleeson,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Amy Cameron – an executive, writer and producer – and Tassie Cameron, a showrunner and executive producer – founded Cameron Pictures and manage it alongside executive producer Alex Patrick, who leads on strategy and business and legal affairs.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 May 2025
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What happens next? Kennedy has stated that a follow-up report outlining a strategy and potential policy reforms for addressing childhood chronic illness will be released in mid-August 2025.—
Paul Dawson,
The Conversation,
26 May 2025
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Trump has urged agencies to eliminate duplicative roles, unnecessary management layers, and non-critical jobs while automating routine tasks, closing regional offices and reducing the use of outside contractors.—
Daniel Wiessner,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Prior to the deal, which OpenAI says is expected to close this summer, the company already owned 23% of io in a collaborative agreement forged last year.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
22 May 2025
Verb
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Jin’s Echo enters at No. 2 with 35,000 sold, garnering the singer his second effort to reach the top three.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
29 May 2025
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After South Dakota State’s FCS playoff run ended in the semifinals, Gronowski considered entering the NFL Draft and was invited to the East-West Shrine Bowl, but his injury was severe enough to require surgery and put his NFL plans on hold.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Sankey said the way the committee seems to weigh strength of schedule shortchanges the conference slate, which doesn’t include any teams among the lower half of the 134 NCAA FBS programs.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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At a time when many young people see college as the only way forward, veterans have already shown a willingness to choose their own path.—
Adam Stone,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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“Approach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approach. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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