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projection

[pruh-jek-shuhn] / prəˈdʒɛk ʃən /




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Projection systems arrive at their conclusions by predicting how individual players are going to perform, based on their historical stats adjusted for their age and other factors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Projection mapping allowed festivalgoers to see their own faces on the visor’s display.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Projection is a habit that has been embraced by his allies, to a point of obviousness that makes it feel like a waste of breath to observe it.

From Salon • May 24, 2024

Even then, because countries’ fertility may vary dramatically, global fertility rate is a “very abstract concept that doesn’t mean much,” says Patrick Gerland, chief of the Population Estimates and Projection Section of the U.N.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 2, 2024

Now I know the explanation; it is the familiar Projection of a Reproach.

From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland




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