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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
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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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But the route to developing practical and commercially viable quantum computers is far from clear, with multiple competing technologies and a host of organisations, large and small, racing to develop their own solutions.—
David Prosser,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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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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The League of Nations, bereft of U.S. support, languished into impotence, and only in the aftermath of World War II did the United States begin to approximate Wilson’s vision of a Pax Americana.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Also, parameter size approximates AI model capability, though different-sized AI models perform differently depending on how they were trained and architected.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
7 Jan. 2025
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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 Best Kids Books of 2024: Great Reads Including Books on Wicked and Taylor Swift The author particularly wants to empower kids whose journey may follow an unexpected path, just like his own.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
23 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
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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
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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Jayden Daniels enters the Lions’ den against a Detroit defense that played above its heads against the Vikings.—
Hank Gola,
New York Daily News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Queen entered Thursday’s game coming off a career-high 27-point effort.—
Jack Vita,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Jan. 2025
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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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Tying them this way keeps them from touching each other so the air moves around them freely.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Approach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approach. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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