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bracket

[brak-it] / ˈbræk ɪt /


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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

Whether that be by writing and debugging software, coordinating family’s schedules or picking a March Madness bracket, the bet is that autonomous AI will soon handle many of our everyday tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Nobody will know until 2028 and answers will depend on the package, your tax bracket and your level of fandom.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Yes, it makes sense to start taking them now if you can stay within that tax bracket and maximize them when you retire and before you claim Social Security so your income is low.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

One such place is the Fertile Crescent, where the mountains of western Iran and the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth, bracket the Tigris and Euphrates river systems.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

One thing all the income brackets have in common: “Everyone’s looking for value,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 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

More people would rise into higher brackets and pay more in tax as their incomes grow.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

“Once an account holder reaches age 18, many young adults will also be in one of the lowest tax brackets they’ll ever experience,” she said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

These coordinations are graceful only when the phrases coming after each marker—the ones enclosed in brackets above—are parallel.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Bordighera is on the Italian Riviera, bracketed by the sea, with a beach and an exotic garden referenced by painter Claude Monet.

From BBC Jun. 22, 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

“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

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

McCandless starred and bracketed the paragraph and circled “refuge in nature” in black ink.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

From Barron's May 6, 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

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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