bracket

Example Sentences

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Millionaires in California pay a top rate of 13.3%, but the state’s 9.3% bracket begins at $72,724.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“People in my age bracket have had seven to nine ‘once in a lifetime’ events happen since we were in high school, so there is always a sense of things potentially shifting,” Cook said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

Claude took 12 minutes to think about its bracket, which is more time than most humans devoted to this exercise, and crowned Illinois as its contrarian national champion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Consider converting a portion of your IRA that won’t push you into the next highest tax bracket, Hollstein says.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

I didn’t have the easiest bracket, but I made it work.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad