Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approach.(verb)
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Use "approaches" in a sentence
"Also, President Bush as the end of his term approaches, does he already have one foot out the door battling the lame duck label?"
"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."
"The primary difference between the approaches is the mechanism being focused upon."