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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Attendees exited the Fishers Event Center with a photo of the teen projected onto screens on stage.
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Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 3 Feb. 2026
Proceeding without independent validation shifts risk from the project onto surrounding neighborhoods — and onto the city itself.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
The Next Full Moon Is A ‘blood Moon’ March 3 will see the next full moon — the worm moon — move through Earth’s dark umbral shadow in space, turning a dramatic reddish-orange as thousands of sunsets are projected onto its surface.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The light is then guided using ultra-precise mirrors and reflected off a mask containing the pattern for one layer of the chip, which is then shrunk and projected onto a silicon wafer.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
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Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 3 Feb. 2026
Proceeding without independent validation shifts risk from the project onto surrounding neighborhoods — and onto the city itself.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
The Next Full Moon Is A ‘blood Moon’ March 3 will see the next full moon — the worm moon — move through Earth’s dark umbral shadow in space, turning a dramatic reddish-orange as thousands of sunsets are projected onto its surface.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
The light is then guided using ultra-precise mirrors and reflected off a mask containing the pattern for one layer of the chip, which is then shrunk and projected onto a silicon wafer.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Project onto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/project%20onto. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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