Approach and Device

Approach

Approach noun - An established course for traveling from one place to another.

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Device and approach are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Device" instead a noun "Approach".

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Approach and device are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approach" instead a noun "Device".

good	good approach	good device
similar	similar approach	similar device
common	common approach	common device
standard	standard approach	standard device
Other adjectives: simple, personal, new, experimental, classic, visual, scientific, tactical, comedic.

Similarly, this approach is also taken with Saren's facility in Virmire with the Salarians converting their ship's drive core to a makeshift nuclear device.

Source: It's the Only Way to Be Sure
The Doctor uses a similar approach to create some sort of scanning device in "The Lodger" from bits and pieces of terrestrial "technology".

Source: When Things Spin, Science Happens
Just a shame the device itself uses pretty basic graphics that at best approach SNES-era gaming.

Source: Pac-Man Fever

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