build in

verb

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

   to build in safety features

Idioms and Phrases

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.

Example Sentences

“Pressures are building in the system,” she said on X, noting that Duffy acted to mitigate risk.

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Because the French border has in effect been moved to a coach processing building in this new area, coaches will be sealed after passengers have completed their checks.

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Her family relocated 11 times before she was four years old; they were evicted and had to live with relatives; they moved into a rat-infested tenement building in Philadelphia.

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He used a different technique to capture the building in the foreground before blending the images together to create the final photograph.

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He said he had used the briefing to express legitimate concerns to officers about the council's plan to buy the Yoho building in York Street.

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