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bracket

[brak-it] / ˈbræk ɪt /


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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

Nobody will know until 2028 and answers will depend on the package, your tax bracket and your level of fandom.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

The combination of pretax savings at a higher tax bracket and a tax bill at a lower tax bracket sets up what Chancey called “a discount Roth conversion.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

Done backwards, you’ve paid tax on an RMD you meant to give away and burned bracket space you needed.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

“What is the usual income bracket of the mobiles?”

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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

People in lower income brackets also are more likely to have a smartphone than a laptop or desktop computer, according to data from Pew Research Center.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

This law made permanent the tax rates and tax brackets originally enacted in 2017.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

I try not to flinch as she presses the brackets against them.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

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

While adverts have long bracketed sporting action on commercial television in the United Kingdom, it was the first time they had made a mid-match incursion into the viewing experience.

From BBC Feb. 6, 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

Hers — a couple of capital Ms, bracketed by a heart — seems perfectly fine, and I tell her to keep it for now.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2024

The woman scans my transcript—mostly C's bracketed by a couple of B's and D's.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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

It sees same-store sales up between 1% and 3%, bracketing the 2% growth it logged in the just-completed fiscal year.

From Barron's Mar. 6, 2026

He describes how he uses a technique called focus bracketing, where dozens of photos are taken.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2025

There is, perhaps, at the heart of every composition, the door to a great mystery you might not even have realized you were bracketing.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2025

Alby stopped walking, and Thomas was surprised to see they’d reached the South Door; the two walls bracketing the exit towered above them.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner




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