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Writers use the term "project" in multiple ways, ranging from a metaphor for personal or political ambition to a concrete endeavor with financial, legal, or creative dimensions. In some works, it denotes a decisive plan that drives the narrative forward—almost a catalyst for transformation [1, 2]—while in others it serves as shorthand for extensive publishing enterprises that preserve literary heritage and uphold specific licensing standards [3, 4, 5]. There are also instances where "project" underscores a character's inner determination or escape plan, highlighting both a sense of purpose and the risks involved [6, 7]. This layered use of the word reflects its capacity to bridge the abstract realm of ideas with tangible cultural or commercial initiatives.
  1. This project becomes then the real turning-point of the play.
    — from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson
  2. The third point, and that on which the success of the whole scheme ultimately depended, was to bring Parliament to an acquiescence in this project .
    — from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
  3. Information about Project Gutenberg (one page) We produce about two million dollars for each hour we work.
    — from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas
  4. The Project Gutenberg Bible Douay-Rheims Version INDEX THE OLD TESTAMENT Book 01 Genesis Book 02 Exodus Book 03
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  5. Project Gutenberg offers both stories, so we present the Author's Note as the Introduction to Those Extraordinary Twins, as Twain intended.
    — from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
  6. I put the light out and laid down, revolving in my mind a project which I could not abandon, and yet durst not execute.
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  7. It was just what I needed, in order to carry out my project of escape.
    — from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

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