project onto
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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The event also promoted Kaia's campaign film Short/Cuts, which was projected onto the wall next to the outdoor bar.
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Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
Behind McCartney and his band, photos of his childhood and time with early Beatles iteration the Quarrymen were projected onto a screen.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 17 May 2026
The museum also explores van Herpen’s creative process with a recreation of her atelier in the fifth-floor rotunda where videos of the construction of the garments are projected onto giant spools of fabric extending from dress forms to the rotunda’s ceiling.
—Marisa Guthrie For Wwd, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026
Peter has spent years being looked at — desired, consumed, partied with, projected onto — without ever fully learning how to let himself be seen.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
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Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
Behind McCartney and his band, photos of his childhood and time with early Beatles iteration the Quarrymen were projected onto a screen.
—Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 17 May 2026
The museum also explores van Herpen’s creative process with a recreation of her atelier in the fifth-floor rotunda where videos of the construction of the garments are projected onto giant spools of fabric extending from dress forms to the rotunda’s ceiling.
—Marisa Guthrie For Wwd, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026
Peter has spent years being looked at — desired, consumed, partied with, projected onto — without ever fully learning how to let himself be seen.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for project onto
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“Project onto.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/project%20onto. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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