The phrase "approach was challenged" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation where a particular method or strategy is questioned or disputed.
Example: "The team's approach was challenged during the meeting, leading to a heated debate about the project's direction."
Alternatives: "method was questioned" or "strategy was contested".
This institutional approach was challenged in the latter half of the 20th century by a series of attempts to craft universal theories: behaviourists, rational choice theorists, and others attempted to explain social action with relatively little reference to specific institutional settings.
Initially constrained by limited biblical time (Catastrophism), this approach was challenged in the late eighteenth century by scholars who saw evidence for a 'succession of worlds' and invoked the present as the key to the past (Uniformitarianism).
The performance of the novel approach was challenged by the three assessment criteria introduced in Section 2.5.
However, in a recent study, this approach was challenged [ 7], with no benefit shown when GDT was compared to standard therapy.
Although we used a highly elaborated and systematic protocol to conduct the review, the approach was challenged by the broad nature of the topic being reviewed.
They were all clinicians, and the conflict between the evidence-based (i.e., epidemiological) approach and their clinical experience (i.e., individual approach) was challenging.
To sum up, the traditional approaches to explain sustained competitive advantage – namely the industry structure view, the RBV, and the dynamic capabilities approach – are challenged through the emergence of digital technology.
However, such an approach is challenged by multiple substitutions occurring in distant species or motif searching in a single species.
However, the validity of this approach is challenged by research that reports an additional effect for heat waves [ 6].
32 According to the authors, the successful implementation of an integrated approach is challenged by everyday work relationships as well as by professional turf protection.
