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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
Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Known for his eccentric approach to equipment, Faulkner was believed to own over 300 putters in his lifelong search for the perfect one.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
One challenge as disasters approach is that weather alerts often don’t reach the people in harm’s way.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 11 July 2025
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Noun
His approach to the book project was to marry the factual fidelity required of an official battalion history with a novelistic evocation of life on the front.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Known for his eccentric approach to equipment, Faulkner was believed to own over 300 putters in his lifelong search for the perfect one.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Verb
For comparison, the Gaza death toll is at least 25 times the number of Syrians killed in NATO's bombardment of Raqqa in our war with ISIS, and approaching three times the casualties in the fire-bombing of Dresden during World War II, which many scholars now consider to be war crimes.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
One challenge as disasters approach is that weather alerts often don’t reach the people in harm’s way.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approach
Noun
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Should the Red Sox go that route to add the righty, Alex Cora could be looking at a legitimate (hypothetical) postseason rotation built to contend in October.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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But that doesn’t mean the club would avoid going that route if the player fits.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Officials also cited the efficiency of shipping on America's inland waterways compared to other methods.—
Connor Giffin,
The Courier-Journal,
9 July 2025
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This is a smart age-appropriate method for preparing your child for new experiences, and can easily be recreated at home if your child is still nervous about the dentist even after listening to the song.—
Marilyn La Jeunesse,
Parents,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Marks was also able to confidently drum up a smell approximating that of Marie Antoinette’s garden at the Petit Trianon, because historians know which flowers were planted there.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
10 July 2025
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Vibrations in your controller do a solid job of approximating contact in lieu of the real thing.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
Noun
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This week’s visit to South Carolina proves that he’s headed down that path.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
10 July 2025
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The best way to attract talent is by positioning customer service as a high-visibility path to marketing, product or sales.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
Noun
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As of now, both strategies appear to be running on parallel tracks in Washington.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 July 2025
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This has become something of a state religion—as much a matter of ideology as of strategy.—
Frank Lavin,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
Verb
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Some are concerned about how nearby residents who do not or cannot drive will shop for groceries once the location closes.—
Molly Gregory,
The Courier-Journal,
9 July 2025
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On July 1, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officially closed, leaving the State Department to administer some of its initiatives while wholly killing countless others.—
Kate Knibbs,
Wired News,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Videos from the scene posted to social media showed dozens of firefighters and other emergency service personnel at the scene, entering the building and removing residents from the immediate danger.—
Shane Croucher
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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Celebrity status became an advantage for these public figures when entering the courtroom and facing a jury of their peers, experts told Fox News Digital.—
Lauryn Overhultz , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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But Boone and company could not find a way to get the ball past Rath.—
Frank Rajkowski,
Twin Cities,
13 July 2025
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Park Eun-bin stars as Young-woo, a rookie attorney on the autism spectrum who pairs her intelligence with a unique perspective to help her clients in novel ways.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
13 July 2025
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“Approach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approach. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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