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
Under the bill, the SBA would be required to issue monthly public reporting on its Disaster Loan Account’s balance, obligations, and projections, per text shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner.
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Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Feb. 2025
Italy’s Camera della Moda’s projections forecast 2024 sales of the fashion and connected industries (including textiles, clothing, leather goods, footwear, jewelry, eyewear and cosmetics) to be down 5.3 percent to 96 billion euros compared to 2023.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
According to a projection by Spotrac, the veteran reliever should merit a one-year, $7.1 million deal in 2025.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
The projection systems may not love the Tigers, and the questions surrounding their offense are legitimate.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
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Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Feb. 2025
Italy’s Camera della Moda’s projections forecast 2024 sales of the fashion and connected industries (including textiles, clothing, leather goods, footwear, jewelry, eyewear and cosmetics) to be down 5.3 percent to 96 billion euros compared to 2023.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
According to a projection by Spotrac, the veteran reliever should merit a one-year, $7.1 million deal in 2025.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
The projection systems may not love the Tigers, and the questions surrounding their offense are legitimate.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for projection
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The Summit is the only cave hotel in Texas, and there are stargazing domes and two casitas on site, too.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
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Pointing at the dome, the group noted the word noor, or light, written in Arabic.—
Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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The comment section of the post was filled with fans lusting after Nikko.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Included in the Wednesday announcement was the news that David Shipley, the Opinion section editor, had resigned from his role.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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Though the spinoff does not seem poised to match that level of popularity, it can be assumed that a significant portion of its audience will come from streaming viewers in the days after its NBC premiere.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
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But the winger didn’t finish practice, as he was still bothered by a lower-body injury suffered during the United States’ game against Sweden in the round-robin portion of the tournament.—
Julian McKenzie,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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The reason whooping cough can bring on such a gnarly, well, cough in the first place is because of how B. pertussis wreaks havoc: These bugs latch on to the cilia (a.k.a. tiny hairlike protrusions) on cells in your respiratory tract and ooze toxins, triggering inflammation and swelling.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
13 Feb. 2025
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Under such low pressure, the electric field causes positive ions generated from the residual gas in a tube to accelerate and bombard the cathode, creating sharp, nanometer-scale protrusions, which degrade and, ultimately, destroy it.—
Jin-Woo Han,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 June 2014
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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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Whether those protuberances make it onto the production vehicle, the latest of which was just shown at the annual CES tech show in Las Vegas, remains to be seen (and hopefully won’t be seen).—
William Roberson,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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There are many different types of foam rollers, but the two main models are: the shorter style with protuberances which is used purely for working on circulation or muscle recovery, and the longer one made of smooth foam without protuberances, used for toning.—
Enrica Petraglia,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2024
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This Canadian specialty pharmaceuticals company remains in the Club’s penalty box, largely due to the legal overhang of patent litigation.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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Quarterback Will Howard was reading the overhang defender.—
Ted Nguyen,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 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 3 Mar. 2025.
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