projection
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The grocery-store chain now expects annual same-store sales to increase by 0.2% to 0.8%, down from its previous projection of 1% to 2% growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
As you may remember from high school, most maps of the world use the Mercator projection, which features considerable distortions, especially in the Northern Hemisphere.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
Signet reaffirmed its sales projection for the year to $6.7 billion to $6.9 billion, and narrowed its same-store sales outlook to flat to up 2.5%, from down by almost 1% to up 2.5%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
It adopted a new map, the Equal Earth projection, which better represents the true sizes of landmasses - but comes with problems of its own.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The torn projection struggled to glow, colors bleeding and fritzing, the shape struggling to animate, but Brigit didn't take her eyes off the beautiful lady tipping her hat.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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North Sea output has been falling and projections suggest that the UK's domestic supplies will meet only about a third of demand until 2050.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Currently, we are using climate projections to investigate whether the intensification of the effects of cyclone clusters that we have seen in recent decades could continue in the future."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
U.S. farmers will produce a record-breaking harvest of 4.52 billion bushels of soybeans in 2026, according to projections from the U.S.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Four times a year, officials submit projections for growth, unemployment, inflation and where they expect interest rates to go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The projections showed her out of bed with Brigit that night at the Stariary and then her outside Masterji Thakur's lair yesterday.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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