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

Recent Examples on the Web

Highsmith, 29, was still rehabbing from an August meniscus surgery when the Nets acquired him from the Miami Heat during an offseason built around salary-absorbing trades. —C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026

The city is still trying to figure out what comes next when your entire identity was built around one massive employer that's mostly gone. —Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026

Homes are being built around the solid waste dump that opened more than three decades ago. —Michele Gile, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026

In North Carolina, Brunswick County Schools will create digital literacy kits built around picture books to spark conversations about online safety and media literacy at every grade level. —Larry Magid, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for build around

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