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bracket

[brak-it] / ˈbræk ɪt /


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In a 24% bracket, it could generate roughly $96,000 of federal tax.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

“We use the 37% bracket and assume a 3.8% Medicare/ACA surcharge,” Close said, when discussing taxable equivalent yields.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

On the other hand, if your children or grandchildren have relatively little taxable income, they may be in a low or even zero tax bracket for capital gains.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

You can convert a portion of your traditional IRA each year when it suits, or even make multiple conversions throughout the year, while staying within your desired tax bracket.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Holly unhooked a set of wings from their bracket.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

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

Your main priority now should be planning for the surviving spouse who could face fewer standard deduction, narrower tax brackets and even higher Medicare premiums.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Save the Children said the new uniform rules are a "good start" but back-to-school costs remain a concern for families across almost all income brackets.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Tax brackets, Social Security payments and retirement-account contribution limits are all pegged off of it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 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

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

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

Hers — a couple of capital Ms, bracketed by a heart — seems perfectly fine, and I tell her to keep it for now.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 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

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

The Rev. Stephen Fields, a Jesuit priest and professor at Georgetown University, said that has to start with professors bracketing their political opinions more often.

From Washington Times Sep. 27, 2023

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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