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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
The CrossWave’s trap is easily accessed through a hatch in the aft deck—or, it would have been, but for the large icebox strapped to the tubular mounting bracket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
At 40, he says in the special that people in his age bracket have become the “Sandwich Generation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 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
The bird let his rider step off, and then flew to the bracket by the door as the orderly announced the third of Lord Asriel’s high commanders, an angel by the name of Xaphania.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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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
For reference, here are links to NerdWallet’s list of New York and California income-tax brackets.
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
If the brackets stick out far enough to accommodate two panels, I could store eight additional panels that way.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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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
“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
For my birthday, she gifted me a T-shirt featuring a worm with a mustache bracketed by the phrase “You’re a Worm with a Mustache.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
A bracketed sign swings and creaks on the night wind.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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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 Ford is one of two U.S. carrier strike groups bracketing the conflict.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
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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