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
Come to the table with robust market data, comparable company metrics and precise growth projections.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Draft projections are culled from sources including NFL.com, CBS Sports, USA Today, ESPN and others.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Children will enjoy adjusting the speed of rotation, the brightness of the moon projection, and the color combinations of the lights.
—Tantse Walter, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025
And while the recent announcement of Olivia Miles’ return for her final collegiate season, albeit at TCU, has shifted projections, Iriafen’s strong March performance and leadership in the absence of JuJu Watkins only raised her profile.
—Annemarie Farrell, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Draft projections are culled from sources including NFL.com, CBS Sports, USA Today, ESPN and others.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Children will enjoy adjusting the speed of rotation, the brightness of the moon projection, and the color combinations of the lights.
—Tantse Walter, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025
And while the recent announcement of Olivia Miles’ return for her final collegiate season, albeit at TCU, has shifted projections, Iriafen’s strong March performance and leadership in the absence of JuJu Watkins only raised her profile.
—Annemarie Farrell, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for projection
Noun
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In the final episode, Lejla was drugged and taken to the very same glass dome where Alicia was being held captive.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Santorini Photo: Getty Images Santorini, the island famous for its blue domes, volcanic landscape, and stunning sunsets, is one of the most popular Greek islands for all the reasons just listed.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
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In February, Martin removed the chief and deputy chief of the Federal Major Crimes section, which oversees cases involving drugs, firearms possession, child exploitation, human trafficking and immigration violations.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Davis Center completes the Conservancy’s multi-decade efforts to turn the northern section of Central Park, once the park’s most beleaguered and neglected area, into one of the most alluring.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
28 Apr. 2025
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Vogue may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
26 Apr. 2025
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It is currently engaged in a revamp of a portion of New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
25 Apr. 2025
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Gone are most of the toggle switches (and the little safety protrusions that accompanied them) on the dashboard, with the exception of one for changing between drive, reverse, and neutral, plus another to switch between drive modes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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The sea cucumber is also covered with tentacles and papillae, or fleshy protrusions, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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When the loss function has a convenient mathematical property called convexity, this procedure is guaranteed to find the optimal solution.—
Zachary C. Lipton,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Jan. 2016
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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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Violet-blue protuberances are surrounded by what look like thorns but are actually soft, if jagged, flower parts.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
14 Mar. 2025
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By flying drones over a remote stretch of the Canadian Arctic, scientists were able to capture unique footage of narwhals, shedding light on the function of their famed protuberances, according to a study published Feb. 27 in Frontiers in Marine Science.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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Lavery said lofty prices for green coffee bean futures have remained an overhang for the company.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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This averted delisting removed a significant overhang that had previously weighed on SMCI's stock.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Mazzoli created a lush score that was alternately sweeping or intimate, sensuous or mystical, yet with a distinctive sound that was her own weaving a thread through the piece.—
Janelle Gelfand,
Cincinnati.com,
19 July 2017
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This is why the war stories of Tom Clancy are such convincing and moving pieces of fiction.—
Janine Barchas,
Washington Post,
18 July 2017
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“Projection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/projection. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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