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bracket

[brak-it] / ˈbræk ɪt /


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The other half of the bracket definitely won’t be mistaken for a chess match.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

"The scone is a British classic and so is the Welsh cake so they are both in the same bracket," said Williams.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

What are the tax implications based on your income bracket and the amount of money you receive under either scenario, whether as investment income, Social Security income or both?

From MarketWatch Jul. 3, 2026

“Individuals are moving from the lowest wealth bracket to the next one higher up, year after year, with very few exceptions,” UBS said.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

They weren’t moving very quickly here, and it wasn’t hard for her to seize the bracket and hold the boat still against the building.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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

Yet the significance of this meeting lies deeper than tournament brackets.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

“We made things so the progressivity of the tax code is a lot higher than the tax brackets would imply,” Reichstein says.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

The poll found that the wealthiest classes enjoy privileges available to fewer people in lower brackets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Kabuo Miyamoto laid each on the brackets and tested each with a level.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Bordighera is on the Italian Riviera, bracketed by the sea, with a beach and an exotic garden referenced by painter Claude Monet.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

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

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

Because the Chicago data ran from 1993 to 2000, it bracketed the introduction of high-stakes testing in 1996.

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

For the full year, it sees earnings between $6.70 and $7.10 a share, easily above the $6.67 consensus, on revenue of $20.5 billion to $20.7 billion, bracketing the average analyst estimate.

From Barron's May 28, 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

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

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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