as in dome
a part that sticks out from the general mass of something
filed down all the projections until the surface was smooth
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Recent Examples of projection
Some of this is pure projection, in both directions.
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Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The findings, and the staggering projections that accompany them, offer a data-rich foundation for anyone teaching or working in the life sciences.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
Dining there means trying various foods — a large eyeball dish featuring caviar and codfish eye gel, nettle butterflies served atop cheese and artichoke leaves — over many hours, in a slow process that invites reflection on the food and surrounding projections.
—James Brooks, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
The projections for individual groups are striking.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
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Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The findings, and the staggering projections that accompany them, offer a data-rich foundation for anyone teaching or working in the life sciences.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
Dining there means trying various foods — a large eyeball dish featuring caviar and codfish eye gel, nettle butterflies served atop cheese and artichoke leaves — over many hours, in a slow process that invites reflection on the food and surrounding projections.
—James Brooks, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
The projections for individual groups are striking.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for projection
Noun
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The Uluru–Kata Tjuṯa National Park (a UNESCO World Heritage site) includes the monolith itself and rock domes to the west, and is a sacred place to the Aṉangu people, who are among the world’s oldest living cultures.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2026
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With its open, modular architecture, the integral air and missile defence dome with artificial intelligence is fully compatible with existing air defence systems.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Mar. 2026
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Her time at The Post also includes five years in the Travel section.—
Becky Krystal,
Washington Post,
12 Mar. 2026
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Located between Iran’s southern coast and a peninsula shared by Oman and the Emirates, the strait is a tiny section of sea connecting the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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On Tuesday, Chicago will be just north of a warm front covering the southern portion of the metro, Doom said Monday, so temperatures in the city were expected to drop into the 50s.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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House Republicans want to return $500 million annually to the middle class by expanding an income tax credit that offsets a portion of municipal property tax bills.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
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Another cutesy promo video shows the robot phone coming to life, flipping out of a protrusion next to the usual camera bump in the back of the device, and even meeting a humanoid robot face-to-face.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
25 Feb. 2026
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The 10a’s completely flat back is a rarity among smartphones, most of which have substantial protrusions that house their camera optics, causing those devices to wobble when placed on a table.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The tower flaunts its partnership with the Dime Savings Bank, sending the 1908 landmark’s geometrical exuberance rocketing upward in a play of convexities and concavities, glass and trim, darkness and gleam.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
28 Jan. 2026
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Even more interesting is the fact that Noctua is issuing three variants of the cooler with variations in the convexity of the cold plate: a normal, a high-convexity, and a low-convexity model.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
10 June 2024
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This is the small bony protuberance found at the rear base of the human skull.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Dec. 2025
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When cells produce proteins, the amino acids spontaneously fold into tangled and twisted structures, with pockets and protuberances, and sometimes long, trailing tails.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Nov. 2025
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The upper portion of the Rim Rock Trail meanders past remains of an ancient stone wall built by Native Americans, while the lower trail takes hikers by Ox-Lot Cave, a natural overhang that reportedly served as a stop on the Underground Railroad.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
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Putting it all together, Broadcom tackled the overhangs surrounding its stock head on, and the market is responding nicely in extending trading, with shares up about 5%.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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To grasp this piece of Roman history, Yanxiao argued, one had to study the Xiongnu—and to understand the Xiongnu, one had to read Chinese.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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For me, the Calpak 5-piece Packing Cube Set has truly delivered the solution with a set of four packing cubes and a water-resistant pouch for storage.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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