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noun

projection

CEFR B2

a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

In a sentence

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

  • The analyst's revenue projection for next year assumed the same growth rate the company posted in each of three quarters.

    Finance

  • Every projection of sea level for 2100 rests on how quickly the Greenland ice sheet loses mass.

    Environment

  • The city budget office lowered its projection of tax receipts after two large employers announced moves to another state.

    Politics

  • The pitch deck's user projection simply doubled last quarter's signups every quarter for five years.

    Startups

  • Scouts built a projection of his scoring from three college seasons, and it undersold him by ten points a game.

    Basketball

  • The bank's inflation projection extended the last six months of price data forward and missed the energy shock entirely.

    Economics

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