bracket
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This yield would be equivalent to a pretax yield of double that amount for an investor in the highest tax bracket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Meanwhile, two far worse teams will meet on the other side of the bracket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
With their $35,500 standard deduction, they can realize roughly $134,400 of gross income a year and still land inside the bracket.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
But the above examples were all based on investors in the highest federal income-tax bracket.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Once pools were over and the bracket was set, the goal was to keep winning and advancing through ever-shrinking rounds of fencers.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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In the following discussion, taxable-equivalent yields are calculated using 2026 federal tax brackets, which have been compiled by NerdWallet, based on the Internal Revenue Service’s revision to the tax bracket ranges published last October.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 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
People across income brackets are still traveling, but many are altering their behaviors to make vacations fit into their budget, Wynn says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Will the survivor’s filing status change from married filing jointly to single, potentially pushing them into higher tax brackets?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Within, they found a pair of iron bars the size of saplings, with post holes in the ground and metal brackets on the gate.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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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
He paused alongside the wall, the rust-colored soil at his feet spreading for miles around, his view bracketed by the San Jose Mountains to the south and a majestic limestone bluff to the north.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2025
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
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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
Both resolutions “are currently passing by wide margins,” he tweeted on last week, adding, “Thanks for your support!!” and bracketing that line with a quartet of valentine-red hearts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 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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