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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Three main options were provided to the community: lights hung from wires on branches, wraparound lights placed around the trunk and extending into the branches, and the eventual choice — uplighting installed under grids or dirt areas and projected onto the tree.
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
And the black print that the HUD is projected onto is the standard black print on all other vehicles.
—Abigail Bassett, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
According to the newlyweds' joint Instagram post, the cathedral was decorated with red lighting, 1,200 candles, and Renaissance paintings projected onto the ceiling.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
On this night, the community center’s dimmed gymnasium is transformed into a makeshift fight ring lined with pink, blue and white trans pride flags and fiery flames projected onto the wall.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
And the black print that the HUD is projected onto is the standard black print on all other vehicles.
—Abigail Bassett, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
According to the newlyweds' joint Instagram post, the cathedral was decorated with red lighting, 1,200 candles, and Renaissance paintings projected onto the ceiling.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
On this night, the community center’s dimmed gymnasium is transformed into a makeshift fight ring lined with pink, blue and white trans pride flags and fiery flames projected onto the wall.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Project onto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/project%20onto. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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