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

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build in

On schist foundations, cautious engineers knew to build in safety features like a series of cut-off trenches and drainage pipes — a step Mulholland had neglected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

On Thursday, two members of Congress unveiled a bipartisan bill requiring makers of the most powerful AI models to build in a kill switch -- a way to unplug a model outright.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

"It's simply unviable to build, unprofitable to build in large parts of the country," warned James Stevens of the Home Builders Federation.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

“There’s a backlog of a 1000 unicorns that were build in the pre-AI era that will never exist,” Kim said.

From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026

I felt a wave of sickness begin to build in my gut.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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