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build in

verb

(tr, adverb) to incorporate or construct as an integral part
to build in safety features

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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.

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Almost every building in the vicinity suffered similar damage.

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The interview was co-ordinated by the SBU and conducted at a derelict building in Zaporizhzhia being used as a kind of safe house by the service, which confirmed the basic facts of Kurashov's life.

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Firefighters are tackling a major blaze at a multi-storey building in Perth which broke out in the early hours.

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They bought the building in February 2020, just weeks before lockdowns shuttered the world.

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National Guard forces formed a cordon to keep protesters out of the building in the heart of America's second largest city.

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