bracket
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At Eugene Henaff, one-third of meals served fall into the lowest-income bracket, with families paying 20 or 50 cents and the Ile-de-France region covering the rest, the region said, noting that no subsidies were pending.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Contribute to a Roth while you are in a low tax bracket.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Assigning the Roth account to a child in a high tax bracket and the traditional account to one in a lower bracket can help equalize after-tax values.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
And after a positive start in Spain, where he has already picked up five assists in La Liga, Gordon looks to be joining boss Thomas Tuchel's "undroppable" bracket.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Next in my bracket I had four-time Olympic medalist Olga Kharlan from Ukraine.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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Income brackets rise with inflation, but last year the top 2% of taxpayers earned at least $371,000 for single filers and $743,000 for joint filers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Ahead of the Bangkok talks, Cordano released an "aid to negotiations" -- a non-binding outline of a possible treaty, with brackets around the most contentious sections.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Filing alone is expensive,” said Chancey, the author of “Tax Alpha Solutions,” and especially when it comes to the tax brackets involved.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
The issue is that after one spouse’s death, the survivor must switch to “single” filing status, and that can push the survivor into higher tax brackets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Now Dr. Maris was attaching wires to the brackets, and suddenly, Ernie, the boy with the perfect smile, had braces.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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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
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
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
He had spurts of bravery but they were bracketed in battens of cowardice.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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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
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
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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