bracket
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For individuals, that top tax bracket will kick in above $661,375.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The threshold for reaching the top federal income-tax bracket in 2027 will climb by nearly $25,000 for a married couple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The College Football Playoff rankings will be released every Tuesday until the final rankings and 12-team playoff bracket are revealed on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 9 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Opening the Everyman Theatre's new education and community centre in his hometown, O'Connor said: "To be considered in that same sort of bracket is extraordinary".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Ranofer’s voice trailed away as Gebu started down the stairs, thrusting his torch into a bracket on his way.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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In the 1980s we rejected inflationary fiscal consolidation via the income tax, and our brackets automatically index for inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Inflation adjustments have also lifted tax brackets, the standard deduction, estate and gift-tax thresholds and many other tax provisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Andrew Keshner outlined the Internal Revenue Service’s new income-tax brackets:
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
And Beth Pinsker followed up with these instructions on how the new tax brackets can affect decisions on Roth IRA conversions in 2027.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
There was an old-style spyglass secured with brackets.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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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
“Language as Liberation” comprises the rough, incomplete outlines for Morrison’s lectures, with bracketed page citations for the novels under discussion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 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
That the series is bracketed by the Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York,” a Christmastime story of love between broken people, might tell you something.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
Staring up at shutters, gutter lines, looking for cables bracketed to bricks, anything that might give the transmitter away.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Amazon forecasted overall revenue between $240 billion and $247 billion for the fourth quarter, bracketing the $244.2 billion FactSet consensus.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 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
Indeed, bracketing decorum under the heading of style is, to some extent, to put the cart before the horse.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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