This is the 15486th most frequent Russian word.
предстоящими
"Upcoming" or "forthcoming."
The word 'предстоящими' describes 'projects' in the instrumental plural form, indicating their upcoming nature.
На собрании обсуждались вопросы, связанные с предстоящими проектами.
During the meeting, questions related to upcoming projects were discussed.
Here, 'предстоящими' is again used in the instrumental plural form, characterizing the 'tasks' as future ones.
Он поделился планами на работу с предстоящими задачами.
He shared plans for working on upcoming tasks.
The word 'предстоящими' is used here as an instrumental plural adjective to describe the 'competitions'.