All 4 Uses

approach
in
Beautiful Creatures
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That was my approach to most things the past few months.
p. 7.1 *

approach = technique (way of doing something)
In its clumsy way, it does approach Peace and Goodwill.
p. 420.6 *

approach = get near
Macon smiled his Cary Grant smile and approached the end of my bed.
p. 441.5

approached = came near
Emily was approaching Carrie Jensen's window.†
p. 327.5

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.