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adjective

projected

estimated for a future time on the basis of present trends

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Six example sentences with projected, each labelled with its topic.

  • The projected cost of the concert hall doubled once engineers priced the deeper foundations the riverside soil demanded.

    Architecture

  • The pitch deck showed projected revenue of six million by year three, a figure resting entirely on one unsigned contract.

    Startups

  • The projected sea level for 2100 assumes current melting rates, so the harbor authority is already raising its new quay.

    Environment

  • The projected return on the bond fund was four percent, but rising rates pushed the actual figure below zero.

    Finance

  • Projected growth for the year was cut in half after the drought reduced exports of grain and cotton.

    Economics

  • The projected first round pick slipped to the second round after a poor showing at the combine.

    Basketball

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