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.

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It is built around the Army’s Cyber/EW, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS), which supports modular integration of capabilities. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026 The strategy is built around turning Martinique’s natural advantages into greater economic value. — Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026 Part of that similarly indomitable will is that each has subordinated his own earning power to enable his organizations to optimize building around them. — Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026 The conference has never been built around a single definition of what animation, visual effects or digital storytelling should become. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for build around

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“Build around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/build%20around. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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