1
as in protruding
to extend outward beyond a usual point
some boulders projected dangerously out above the trail
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2
as in planning
to work out the details of (something) in advance
we must project next year's budget now
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as in inflated
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Recent Examples of projecting
Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
The 16-month plot to bribe Maduro’s chief pilot illustrates how Washington pairs clandestine operations with military power to destabilize the regime while projecting strategic pressure in the region.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The company is also projecting adjusted operating income to be up versus last year’s level.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
In addition to projecting 2D plans on the floor, Walk Your Plans can project 3D renderings onto a wall.
—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
The haze of this dreamy transit could’ve left us projecting fantasies, chasing ideals and ignoring truths that matter.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Fortunately for him, this particular airport parking deck has a giant screen projecting news of Gimball’s demise, which puts the multistep plan back on track.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
The space, which is flowing with soju and Korean beers, is modeled after the busy streets of Seoul, South Korea, with a screen projecting the cityscape and a dividing wall designed to look like a newsstand.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
And some of these AI companies are projecting the idea even further, envisioning a future where AI agents use their coding abilities spin up bespoke software on the fly to handle many of the tasks that now require enterprise software, like, um, Salesforce.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
But for the first time ever, the e-commerce company expects more than $200 billion in quarterly revenue, projecting fourth-quarter revenue of $206 billion to $213 billion versus a $208 billion estimate.
—Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
The 16-month plot to bribe Maduro’s chief pilot illustrates how Washington pairs clandestine operations with military power to destabilize the regime while projecting strategic pressure in the region.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
The company is also projecting adjusted operating income to be up versus last year’s level.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
In addition to projecting 2D plans on the floor, Walk Your Plans can project 3D renderings onto a wall.
—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
The haze of this dreamy transit could’ve left us projecting fantasies, chasing ideals and ignoring truths that matter.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Fortunately for him, this particular airport parking deck has a giant screen projecting news of Gimball’s demise, which puts the multistep plan back on track.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
The space, which is flowing with soju and Korean beers, is modeled after the busy streets of Seoul, South Korea, with a screen projecting the cityscape and a dividing wall designed to look like a newsstand.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
And some of these AI companies are projecting the idea even further, envisioning a future where AI agents use their coding abilities spin up bespoke software on the fly to handle many of the tasks that now require enterprise software, like, um, Salesforce.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for projecting
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The early word was that the protruding pair was a customized version of Adidas Adistar Cushion 3 sneakers made specifically for Williams.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
27 Oct. 2025
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The protruding bracket behind the air guide appears to be a cable guide, and the box behind the cable guide is a three-drive cage.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Tamra’s hanging in Big Bear, Jenn is planning a wedding, and Heather lost $6 million on a house.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Putting on the Halloween show together every year proves challenging for the team at The Kelly Clarkson Show, who are often planning for the special while juggling their regular workloads.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Suarez blames too many New Yorkers moving in for the inflated real-estate prices.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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In high-cost coastal cities, higher incomes tend to offset the inflated prices.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This isn’t Lovato’s first time poking fun at the meme.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Or use your finger, poking it about 2 inches into the soil.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Anticipating and preparing for war leads quite naturally to accepting its inevitability.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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That’s one investment that has proved rather unfruitful so far, although things appear to be looking up for WBD investors currently with company on the auction block and simultaneously preparing to separate its cable operations and studios/streaming into to companies.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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Finasteride, prescribed for hair loss or enlarged prostate, and bicalutamide, used in prostate cancer treatment, can shift testosterone’s effects and allow breast tissue to grow.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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For those who develop enlarged hemorrhoids during pregnancy, the discomfort can feel especially impossible to ignore.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Using fractional diffusion theory, the research deepens understanding of transient charging behaviors in complex materials, which is key to designing high-performance components used for advanced engineering electrochemical systems in general.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when there were not enough ventilators for the patients who needed them, a team at NASA JPL was charged with designing a ventilator that could be rapidly produced without taking parts away from the critical medical supply chain.—
Michele Raphael,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This powerful synergy enhances detection, tracking, classification, and identification while also enabling autonomous drone swarm operations, including self-organizing collaboration.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Church, which is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is best known for organizing pickets at soldiers’ funerals and emblazoning anti-LGBT slogans on protest signs and billboards.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Projecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/projecting. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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