build around

verb

built around; building around; builds around

: to develop or organize (something) by using (something, such as an idea) as its main or central part

We built our program around the idea that people need love and support.

Their lives are built around their children.

Examples of build around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The turbines supply warehouse-scale buildings filled with racks of servers built around graphics processing units, or GPUs, the chips first popularized by video games and now prized for training and running AI models. — Austyn Gaffney, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026

On a superficial level, his plays, built around the emotional lives of his characters, can come off as a throwback to traditional realism. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

There was a lot of work on the medical cases to make the investigations complex and realistic, but there was also an entry point built around a strong, funny, unpleasant character, completely at odds with her return to her roots. — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Liverpool had a strong squad, but it was built around a core of players signed between 2016 and 2020. — James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for build around

• aboveground
• battleground
• belowground
• paperbound
• turnaround
• ultrasound
• underground
• wraparound
• abound
• aground
• astound
• background