build in

British  

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to incorporate or construct as an integral part

   to build in safety features

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build in Idioms  

1. Also, build into. Construct or include as an integral part; also, make automatic, concomitant, or inherent. For example, Frank Lloyd Wright liked to build in as much furniture as possible, not just bookcases but desks, tables, and the like, or We've got to build some slack into the schedule for this project. The literal usage referring to physical objects dates from the late 1920s. The figurative arose a decade or so later. Both are frequently used in past participle form, that is, built in.

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Example Sentences

Local authorities said a blast that killed one and hurt 14 at a building in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas was caused by a gas leak.

From BBC

Elsewhere, Tehran Times reported a second explosion at a residential building in the Kianshahr neighbourhood of Ahvaz, near the border with Iraq.

From BBC

This would build in higher annual raises without having to bargain for them in every contract cycle.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite builds in global onshore crude stocks so far this year, “geopolitical risk premium and physical supply losses have created a strong floor,” Macquarie Group’s Vikas Dwivedi says in a report.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last Thursday, the Belgian brand presented its collection on the first floor of an under-construction building in the south of Paris —- a venue found by Reynolds.

From Barron's

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