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Would that push you into a higher tax bracket and, if so, when?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
I live in California, am single with no children or dependents, rent rather than own, have no mortgage, and am in the 24% federal tax bracket.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Whether that be by writing and debugging software, coordinating family’s schedules or picking a March Madness bracket, the bet is that autonomous AI will soon handle many of our everyday tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The commercial waterman won in the small boat division of the singles bracket with a time of 23 seconds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
At some places, an anbaric cable looped down from a bracket and provided enough feeble current to power a naked lightbulb or two, strung out over the nearby huts.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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Save the Children said the new uniform rules are a "good start" but back-to-school costs remain a concern for families across almost all income brackets.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Importantly, Peta also noted that equities account for a greater share of household net worth across all wealth brackets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Tax brackets, Social Security payments and retirement-account contribution limits are all pegged off of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
But they skip over that the brackets wouldn’t be adjusted annually for inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The door is closed, and the lock, which is a board that lies across two brackets, is tilted and is almost out at one end.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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The company’s guidance on adjusted earnings per share, which calls for $1.02 to $1.04, bracketed the consensus view.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 11, 2026
I’m less excited about the front end, bracketed by large and kind of goofy LED arrays at the edges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
Regularly bracketed alongside Kohli, New Zealand's Kane Williamson and Steve Smith of Australia in the 'Fab Four' of Test batting, Root has enjoyed the best form of his career since the beginning of 2022.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2024
The contiguous video display was installed recently, but the display that Madden used was a cinema-sized screen in the middle bracketed by four large flat screens on each side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2024
Low clumps of naked trees bracketed by snow-dusted fields.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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It also upped its top-line expectations, to between $7.14 billion and 7.20 billion, bracketing consensus.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
For the current quarter, Oracle guided for revenue growth between 19% to 21%, bracketing the 20% growth expectations implied by the FactSet consensus.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026
He describes how he uses a technique called focus bracketing, where dozens of photos are taken.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
The Ford is one of two U.S. carrier strike groups bracketing the conflict.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
The bracketing wayward boats were pushing Eleyne against the pier.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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