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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For the latter, that means being projected onto a screen in front of an audience, which is why Resurrection begins and ends with scenes inside of a movie theater, one coming to life and the other melting away.
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
The vision that a planner and his state bureaucracy projected onto an agricultural area or a neighborhood was far more rigid and simplified than what already existed.
—Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Inside the Jardin des Tuileries and in time to Robert Wilson’s choreography, models walked beneath a prehistoric flying bird and enormous boulders descended from the ceiling, over hot lava projected onto the ground, and around icebergs emerging from the floor.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
At Coen’s instruction, Harvey’s shirtless photo from the combine was projected onto part of the screen covering the far wall, displaying the running back’s muscular physique.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
The vision that a planner and his state bureaucracy projected onto an agricultural area or a neighborhood was far more rigid and simplified than what already existed.
—Nikil Saval, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Inside the Jardin des Tuileries and in time to Robert Wilson’s choreography, models walked beneath a prehistoric flying bird and enormous boulders descended from the ceiling, over hot lava projected onto the ground, and around icebergs emerging from the floor.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
At Coen’s instruction, Harvey’s shirtless photo from the combine was projected onto part of the screen covering the far wall, displaying the running back’s muscular physique.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Project onto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/project%20onto. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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