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bracket

[brak-it] / ˈbræk ɪt /


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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

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This law made permanent the tax rates and tax brackets originally enacted in 2017.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

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

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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