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  • noun Plural form of approach.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approach.

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Examples

  • Also, President Bush as the end of his term approaches, does he already have one foot out the door battling the lame duck label?

    CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2007 2007

  • From its humble beginnings in New Berlin, the label approaches it seventh birthday no longer a struggling one-man show, but as a music community with a lot of local love and a growing national reach.

    OnMilwaukee.com 2008

  • The primary difference between the approaches is the mechanism being focused upon.

    A Review of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed 2008

  • The problem I see in both their approaches is the clinging to a classic theism that drives a wedge between God and the universe.

    Behe challenges Miller 2007

  • The problem I see in both their approaches is the clinging to a classic theism that drives a wedge between God and the universe.

    Behe challenges Miller 2007

  • And in fine, devote ourselves as we will, a term approaches when the enthusiasm for serving as your wife's playfellow all day, running round tables and flying along corridors before a knotted handkerchief, is mightily relaxed.

    Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • And in fine, devote ourselves as we will, a term approaches when the enthusiasm for serving as your wife's playfellow all day, running round tables and flying along corridors before a knotted handkerchief, is mightily relaxed.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • Tonight: Clouds lower and thicken as a weak disturbance approaches from the northwest.

    Forecast: Mostly magnificent Monday Jason Samenow 2010

  • Make your concerns heard, and advocate for the best long-term solutions over the short-term approaches that are being suggested to alleviate our current economic challenges.

    Marcia G. Yerman: Nature Lessons From Vermont Marcia G. Yerman 2011

  • Make your concerns heard, and advocate for the best long-term solutions over the short-term approaches that are being suggested to alleviate our current economic challenges.

    Marcia G. Yerman: Nature Lessons From Vermont Marcia G. Yerman 2011

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