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bracket

[brak-it] / ˈbræk ɪt /


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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

That means it will take more income to reach each higher tax bracket next year.

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

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

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

Andrew Keshner outlined the Internal Revenue Service’s new income-tax brackets:

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

The income brackets that determine how much Americans pay in taxes each year will adjust higher by about 3.2% for tax year 2027, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

There was an old-style spyglass secured with brackets.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

Despite the England star again coming to his nation's aid with two goals that overcame Norway in the Miami furnace, Bellingham has a long way to go to be bracketed with those iconic figures.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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

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

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

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 also upped its top-line expectations, to between $7.14 billion and 7.20 billion, bracketing consensus.

From Barron's ● May 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

The bracketing wayward boats were pushing Eleyne against the pier.

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


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