bracket
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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