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
On May 22, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its projections for storm severity in the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 May 2025
Yet the projections at Baseball Prospectus and Fangraphs say the most likely World Series matchup is a Dodgers-Yankees rematch.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Getty Images Non-alcoholic beer is on track to overtake ale as the second-largest beer category by volume worldwide this year, according to a new projections from industry tracker IWSR.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Market projections confirm this: The NLP market is expected to grow from $18.9 billion in 2023 to $68.1 billion by 2028.
—Asad Khan, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 May 2025
Yet the projections at Baseball Prospectus and Fangraphs say the most likely World Series matchup is a Dodgers-Yankees rematch.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Getty Images Non-alcoholic beer is on track to overtake ale as the second-largest beer category by volume worldwide this year, according to a new projections from industry tracker IWSR.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Market projections confirm this: The NLP market is expected to grow from $18.9 billion in 2023 to $68.1 billion by 2028.
—Asad Khan, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for projection
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For example, Palladio’s Church of the Redentore, built in Venice in 1577, features minaret-like towers flanking a large dome.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
24 May 2025
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Kim was also seen walking to a large aircraft with four engines and a radar dome mounted on the fuselage.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
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For Burns Harbor, funding the trail sections has been challenging.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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In the surreal fictional section, estranged friends reconnect on Christmas and rehash the past while questioning whether a foreboding bloodlike substance leaking out into the hallway is real.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
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The approved budget would preserve the portion of the program for those 65 and older, allocating $110 million for that coverage.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Musk has also sought to operate Starlink, his satellite-internet company, in South Africa, but has balked at a law requiring foreign tech firms to sell a portion of their local subsidiaries to shareholders who are Black or historically disadvantaged.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
1 June 2025
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The slow-moving creatures, — distinguished by the thorn-like protrusions that cover their bodies — are found up to 3,600 feet below the surface of the ocean.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 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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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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Line bottom and sides of pan with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on all sides; set aside.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
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The fish was spotted out in the open as opposed to inside a cave or under an overhang, which have long been considered hiding spots for the species, researchers said.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
7 May 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 7 Jun. 2025.
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