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.
Examples of build around in a Sentence
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So, with their additional Day 2 pick, the Panthers land Wright in the third round to build around Young.
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024
As the hype builds around this remarkable event, brands are rushing to capitalize on its significance with some timely fun and puns.
—Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
The most interesting decision will be whether to build around center field Jazz Chisholm Jr., who will get a big raise from $2.6 million this offseason and can become a free agent after 2026.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
But amid the carnage, the Sharks appear to have found another piece to build around.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
The wearable readout device, built around a tunnel magnetioresistance sensor (TMS), is the size of a small stack of U.S. half-dollar coins.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024
Creators have already started to develop their own chatbots, built around their personalities and areas of expertise, to interact with fans.
—Ian Shepherd, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Another member of the Oulipo, Claude Berge, had proposed that a novel could be built around a theoretical mathematical structure known as a ten by ten Graeco-Latin bi-square, and Perec realised that by using this structure as a reference to a series of lists, such a novel would almost write itself.
—Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 21 Mar. 2024
The series organizes its episodes thematically rather than chronologically, with each episode built around a couple of provocative unifying ideas and something very like an arc.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024
As the hype builds around this remarkable event, brands are rushing to capitalize on its significance with some timely fun and puns.
—Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
The most interesting decision will be whether to build around center field Jazz Chisholm Jr., who will get a big raise from $2.6 million this offseason and can become a free agent after 2026.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
But amid the carnage, the Sharks appear to have found another piece to build around.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
The wearable readout device, built around a tunnel magnetioresistance sensor (TMS), is the size of a small stack of U.S. half-dollar coins.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024
Creators have already started to develop their own chatbots, built around their personalities and areas of expertise, to interact with fans.
—Ian Shepherd, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Another member of the Oulipo, Claude Berge, had proposed that a novel could be built around a theoretical mathematical structure known as a ten by ten Graeco-Latin bi-square, and Perec realised that by using this structure as a reference to a series of lists, such a novel would almost write itself.
—Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 21 Mar. 2024
The series organizes its episodes thematically rather than chronologically, with each episode built around a couple of provocative unifying ideas and something very like an arc.
—Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Build around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/build%20around. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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