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bracket

[brak-it] / ˈbræk ɪt /


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If you withdraw $10,000 from a tax-deferred account in the 12% tax bracket, you’re going to owe $1,200.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Some possible answers include because you are in a low tax bracket, Roth conversions make sense, RMDs are kicking in and inherited IRA distributions have withdrawal deadlines.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

They also get a bigger tax break because they would otherwise be taxed in a higher bracket.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The government appears to be struggling to put them in a bracket, unlike when farmers protested agricultural reforms five years ago.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 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

That lump-sum IRA withdrawal would be taxed as ordinary income, which would likely push the withdrawal into the highest federal tax brackets, and state tax brackets.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Yet the significance of this meeting lies deeper than tournament brackets.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

“We made things so the progressivity of the tax code is a lot higher than the tax brackets would imply,” Reichstein says.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

That measure cements the top three income brackets on taxpayers making more than $360,000, with a top rate of 13.3% on millionaires—and all of its revenue would have to go to education.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 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

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

It is possible that countries could be very broadly bracketed into different levels of a basically universal tariff.

From BBC Apr. 1, 2025

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

Lady Tanda was bracketed by her daughters, placid dull Lollys and acid-tongued Falyse.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

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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