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bracket

[brak-it] / ˈbræk ɪt /


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Vlasenko went to grab his tool kit to unscrew the radio—their lifeline to the outside world—from its bracket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 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

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

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

How much in Roth conversions can you do in 2027 with the new tax brackets?

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

The new tax brackets will apply to the tax returns that Americans will be filing in 2028 on their 2027 income.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Inflation adjustments to tax brackets, the standard deduction, the child tax credit and more are meant to give taxpayers relief from rising costs of living.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The IRS said income brackets that determine how much Americans pay in taxes will adjust higher by about 3.2% for tax year 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Interspersed with plundered foil bags that once contained frozen seeds, personal belonging bags hang from metal brackets like a file cabinet.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

Here were two artists, one black and one Puerto Rican, standing beneath a 115-year-old chandelier, bracketed by towering antique portraits of George and Martha Washington, singing about feeling “at home in this nation we’ve made.”

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

We looked down at La Mutua’s logo emblazoned on the main hall’s hardwood floor — “S.P.M.D.T.U.” bracketing two clasped hands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

Of all the Communist leaders deposed in the years bracketing the collapse of the Soviet Union, only Nicolae Ceaujescu met a violent death.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt


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