What does it mean "built into" in this context?
You may have walked into that theater as an individual consumer, but if the theater does its job, you've walked out with a sense of yourself as part of a whole, as part of a community. That's built into the DNA of my art form.
When you "build X into Y", it means that you incorporate X as an inherent part of the structure or composition of Y.
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When you "build X into Y", it means that you incorporate X as an inherent part of the structure or composition of Y.