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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The Pixel 9a Specifications Since revamping the Pixel line with 2021’s Pixel 6, Google has stepped away from offering a phone built around the most powerful chip of the day—generally seen as that year’s Snapdragon 8 series from Qualcomm.
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Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
These large wearables, built around an underwater computer, featured hydrophones to detect and record dolphin vocalizations, speakers to play artificial whistles in the water, and a specialized interface that divers could use underwater.
—New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025
The Suns, which are widely expected to trade Kevin Durant this summer, are still planning on building around the 28-year-old Booker and didn’t see a productive path forward with Budenholzer at the helm.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The offending machine is actually the Great AL Generator, a grotesque machine/human hybrid built around the forementioned Alan Daniel Budd.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
These large wearables, built around an underwater computer, featured hydrophones to detect and record dolphin vocalizations, speakers to play artificial whistles in the water, and a specialized interface that divers could use underwater.
—New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025
The Suns, which are widely expected to trade Kevin Durant this summer, are still planning on building around the 28-year-old Booker and didn’t see a productive path forward with Budenholzer at the helm.
—Doug Haller, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The offending machine is actually the Great AL Generator, a grotesque machine/human hybrid built around the forementioned Alan Daniel Budd.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Build around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/build%20around. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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