brackets

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It runs thousands of simulations, incorporating federal tax brackets, Roth conversion strategies, Medicare premium surcharges, Social Security, mortality and about two dozen other variables that determine whether a household’s money is likely to last.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Winners of the super regionals advance to the College World Series in Omaha, where they will play in two double-elimination brackets with four teams apiece.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

These compressed, higher tax brackets mostly apply to irrevocable, “nongrantor” trusts rather than revocable trusts, because they are treated as separate, standalone taxpayers by the IRS.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

In 2015, there were two states with tax brackets specifically for millionaires; there are now seven — California, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Maine and Washington.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 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