Pandigital approximations to $e$

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I found somewhere on the internet that $e$ can be approximated by $$\Large\left(1+9^{-4^{7\times6}}\right)^{3^{2^{85}}} $$

Note that the expression uses each numerical digit exactly once.

I understand that this works because $$e=\lim_n \left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n.$$

Using the same idea I got another approximation to $e$

$$\large\left(1+\left(2^{3}\right)^{(4+5)(6-7)}\right)^{8^9} $$

I know this approximation is not nearly as good as the previous one, but it uses the digits in order. (Is it the best possible?)

Do these types of expressions have a name?

They are called pandigital expressions (Thanks Wojowu)

Are there similar expressions for $ \pi$ or the golden ratio or any other interesting number?

Is there a way of constructing this type of expressions for any given integer, rational or real ?

edit: (Inspired by Arthur's comment) Are there expressions similar to these not using base ten?

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You can extend your idea to higher bases to get as accurate as you like. For example in base $N=2^{3456789}+1$:

$$\Large{\left({1+(2^{3456789}})^{(10-11)^{(-12+13)\cdots(-(N-2)+(N-1))}}\right)}^{N}$$