All 8 Uses

approach
in
Fast Food Nation
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If the rap sessions failed to provide adequate information, the stroking was abandoned for a more direct approach.
p. 76.3 *

approach = technique (way of doing something)
As we approach the start of the line, for the first time I hear the steady pop, pop, pop of live animals being stunned.†
p. 171.1 *

approach = get near
Instead of investing in a large theme park, the company pursued a more decentralized approach.†
p. 42.2
He has been studying "Kid Kustomers" for more than thirty years and believes in a more traditional marketing approach.†
p. 44.6
Workers felt comfortable approaching him with suggestions and complaints.†
p. 151.7
As I walk along the fence, a group of cattle approach me, looking me straight in the eye, like dogs hoping for a treat, and follow me out of some mysterious impulse.†
p. 172.3
The annual health care costs in the United States stemming from obesity now approach $240 billion; on top of that Americans spend more than $33 billion on various weight-loss schemes and diet products.†
p. 242.1
That culture rejects highly processed foods, genetically modified foods, and the whole industrial approach to food production.†
p. 273.5

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.