project onto
phrasal verb
projected onto; projecting onto; projects onto
: to believe or imagine that (one's ideas, feelings, etc.) are shared by (another person)
She projected her fears onto him.
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Entrée du port is preserved, and his other murals are projected onto the living room walls.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Designed by Phil Shafer of Sike Style Industries, the large-scale mural was first created digitally, then projected onto the wall at night so outlines could be traced.
—Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
Kudos are also due the lighting of Wu Chen Khoo, Meghan Kent’s costumes and Kathy Maxwell’s video designs of wartime footage, which are projected onto a wall with a big circular hole in its center.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2025
In the four years Trump was out of office, an eerie amnesia about his erratic rule settled over the country, allowing people to project onto him hopes that were utterly untethered from reality.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Designed by Phil Shafer of Sike Style Industries, the large-scale mural was first created digitally, then projected onto the wall at night so outlines could be traced.
—Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
Kudos are also due the lighting of Wu Chen Khoo, Meghan Kent’s costumes and Kathy Maxwell’s video designs of wartime footage, which are projected onto a wall with a big circular hole in its center.
—Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2025
In the four years Trump was out of office, an eerie amnesia about his erratic rule settled over the country, allowing people to project onto him hopes that were utterly untethered from reality.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Project onto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/project%20onto. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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