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 ## Dashboard / Projects
 
-Your main entrypoint to Railway where all your [projects](/overview/the-basics#project--project-canvas) are shown in the order they where last opened.
+Your main entrypoint to Railway where all your [projects](/overview/the-basics#project--project-canvas) are shown in the order they were last opened.
 
 Projects contain your [services](/overview/the-basics#services) and [environments](/reference/environments).