build around
phrasal 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.
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Audiences had come to embrace B-movie glory, unusual stories, and the idea of cult midnight screenings built around the idea of outsider community.
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JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Although the threat of death was everywhere in this show, the list of actual deaths is relatively short and the majority had to do with the anonymous blackmailer and the secrets and lies built around Alison’s fake death.
—Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
The Honda Center, which has a maximum capacity of 19,000 people, falls short of the capacity caveat, and none of the new entertainment venues the OCVibe project is building around the arena would make the threshold.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
The excavation site is located north of Marietta at what researchers believe was a tavern called the Galbraith Ordinary, built around 1725.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
Although the threat of death was everywhere in this show, the list of actual deaths is relatively short and the majority had to do with the anonymous blackmailer and the secrets and lies built around Alison’s fake death.
—Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
The Honda Center, which has a maximum capacity of 19,000 people, falls short of the capacity caveat, and none of the new entertainment venues the OCVibe project is building around the arena would make the threshold.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
The excavation site is located north of Marietta at what researchers believe was a tavern called the Galbraith Ordinary, built around 1725.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Build around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/build%20around. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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