Both Uses

approach
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Gym Candy
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Kaylee wasn't the only person who approached me that day.
Part 3 *

approached = began talking with
That week I took a different approach. I did everything I could to conserve my energy, to save every ounce of strength for the game.
Part 5 *

approach = technique (way of doing something)

Definitions:

(1) (approach as in: approached the city)
to get closer to (near in space, time, quantity, or quality)
(2) (approach as in: use the best approach)
a way of doing something; or a route that leads to a particular place
(3) (approach as in: approached her with the proposal)
to begin communication with someone about something -- often a proposal or a delicate topic
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely (and typically only in classic literature), the phrase nearest approach to as used in "her nearest approach to an apology" or "her nearest approach to a smile" typically means that "something is as close to something else as it ever gets." "As near an approach to" can have a similar meaning.