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bracket

[brak-it] / ˈbræk ɪt /


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But a word of caution: Don’t assume you should automatically convert just enough to fill the 22% bracket.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Bottom line: An individual with significant assets can still qualify for financial assistance, whereas someone with low personal income might receive little to no subsidy if their household falls into a higher income bracket.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 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

Taking too much in a single year could push you into a higher tax bracket, so spreading withdrawals out may help you manage your tax liability.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

“You try another,” he said, and shone the lantern on the next bracket.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Yet people from 18 to their early 20s are probably in the lowest tax brackets of their entire life, making it a good time to pay taxes, experts say.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

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

That outpaced growth of 1.5% or less for higher-earning brackets.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

That lump-sum IRA withdrawal would be taxed as ordinary income, which would likely push the withdrawal into the highest federal tax brackets, and state tax brackets.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

I can hear the metal brackets that hold the fence to the support poles begin to snap.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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

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

I’m less excited about the front end, bracketed by large and kind of goofy LED arrays at the edges.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

That the series is bracketed by the Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York,” a Christmastime story of love between broken people, might tell you something.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2024

Low clumps of naked trees bracketed by snow-dusted fields.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

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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