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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Ironically, Baldoni’s entire persona has been built around projects that inspire social change, and promote authentic storytelling, which means the latest accusations have a chance to really damage how Baldoni is seen, and his bottom line as a result.
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
As archaeologists say in a Facebook post, the house was built around 1609, but the tile and bone floor may be older: The standing house might have been built atop an older foundation.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
The Theater Premium is built around an enhanced version of ALDP 4.0, featuring a blue laser/phosphor plus a triple-laser (RGB) light source for the promise of cinema-grade visuals.
—New Atlas, 19 Dec. 2024
Where To Watch Winter Solstice Celebrations Monuments like Stonehenge in England (built in 2500 B.C.) and the Torreon in Machu Picchu, Peru (built around 1450), were built to track and predict the movement of the sun.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
As archaeologists say in a Facebook post, the house was built around 1609, but the tile and bone floor may be older: The standing house might have been built atop an older foundation.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
The Theater Premium is built around an enhanced version of ALDP 4.0, featuring a blue laser/phosphor plus a triple-laser (RGB) light source for the promise of cinema-grade visuals.
—New Atlas, 19 Dec. 2024
Where To Watch Winter Solstice Celebrations Monuments like Stonehenge in England (built in 2500 B.C.) and the Torreon in Machu Picchu, Peru (built around 1450), were built to track and predict the movement of the sun.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Build around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/build%20around. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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