project onto

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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Attendees also paused to take in the short film, The Long Way, which was being projected onto the wall. — Ruby Ford-Dunker, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026 Three different shows created by artists in France and Spain will be projected onto the Liberty Memorial. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 The resulting suitability curve was projected onto the map of late Cretaceous North America, accounting for different shorelines of the Western Interior Seaway, the shallow sea that split the continent at the time. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2026 As the show is projected onto the big screen, the Charlotte Symphony orchestra will play the original score. — Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for project onto

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“Project onto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/project%20onto. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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