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Marty South alone, of all the women in Hintock and the world, had approximated to Winterborne's level of intelligent intercourse with nature.

From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas

No other daughter of the family, and there were three married, had approximated to this type of man in her choice.

From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore

At times it seems as if Bacon had approximated to this view of the nature of things, for in several passages he identifies forms with laws of activity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

After a ministry of several years, Mr. Crompton, whose views had approximated to those of the Broad Church party, began to show strong sympathy with that section of the Establishment. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles

It was true, as he said, that Napoleon's methods had approximated to the absolute and had given some colour to the use of the absolute idea as a working theory.

From Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Corbett, Julian S. (Julian Stafford)