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They can calculate a scenario in which you take Roth conversions and fill a federal tax bracket, and compare that with a scenario in which you don’t take Roth conversions.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
There’s more at stake than just a higher tax bracket.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Done backwards, you’ve paid tax on an RMD you meant to give away and burned bracket space you needed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Suppose a household made enough money to be in the 24% tax bracket and contributed $2,500 in pretax money.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Ranofer’s voice trailed away as Gebu started down the stairs, thrusting his torch into a bracket on his way.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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It streamlined income tax brackets, lowered the top rate to 36% and created the universally deductible Individual Retirement Account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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
If you’re still in the 24% bracket in 10 years, but your kids are steadily in the 32% or higher brackets, then it might make sense to convert over several years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
This law made permanent the tax rates and tax brackets originally enacted in 2017.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 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
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His grandfather is Rennie Stennett, a versatile player whose nine seasons with the Pirates were bracketed by World Series titles in his 1971 rookie season and 1979 finale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 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
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
McCandless starred and bracketed the paragraph and circled “refuge in nature” in black ink.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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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
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
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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