Approach
Rule
Rule noun - A statement spelling out the proper procedure or conduct for an activity.
How words are described
| similar | similar approach | similar rule |
| normal | normal approach | normal rule |
| usual | usual approach | usual rule |
| common | common approach | common rule |
| Other adjectives: direct, standard, brutal, simple, strict, personal, new, general, basic. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The mini-series Amerika (1987) eschews the same gung-ho approach to show a United States worn down after ten years of communist rule.
Source: Day of the Jackboot -
As a character study, it plays that same rule rather straight as Doug reveals quite a lot about himself just in how he behaves.Is this experimental approach effective?
Source: Film / Hive Mind - In the Second Chronicles, Foul takes a more subtle approach, using the power of the Sunbane to turn the Land into a Death World and then setting up the Clave to rule it as his proxies.
Source: Big Bad / Literature
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