as in type
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic
they're in the same income bracket
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as in to compare
to describe as similar
I wouldn't exactly bracket your paintings with those of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci
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Recent Examples of bracket
John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Here’s what that means for your money Despite the change, beneficiaries should weigh strategic IRA withdrawals, depending on tax brackets each year, which could mean emptying accounts sooner, experts say.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
Dennis Hinkamp, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
But to address Palestinian material needs without regard to their historical and national ones is to bracket a core component of Palestinian identity and ignore what makes their conflict with Israel so intractable.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noun
For those of us who have followed the ups and downs of UConn’s brilliant Paige Bueckers’ career and took a close look at the NCAA Women’s Basketball bracket, the matchup that seemed irresistible was between USC’s fabulously talented JuJu Watkins and Bueckers down the line.
—John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Here’s what that means for your money Despite the change, beneficiaries should weigh strategic IRA withdrawals, depending on tax brackets each year, which could mean emptying accounts sooner, experts say.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
The lake is bracketed by opulent Palm Springs to the north and the arty squalor of Slab City to the south, home to about 150 full-time residents but temporary home to as many as 4,000 in the winter.
—Dennis Hinkamp, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
But to address Palestinian material needs without regard to their historical and national ones is to bracket a core component of Palestinian identity and ignore what makes their conflict with Israel so intractable.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2025
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Verb
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Based on company performance tests, Park claims the new processor will offer three times the power savings for AI workloads compared with Nvidia’s most energy-efficient AI chip, the H100, the first in its Hopper series, launched in late 2022.—
John Kang,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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About 19% of Chicago’s adult homeless population — excluding migrants — reported having a physical disability, a 4% decrease compared with a year earlier, according to a 2024 report from the DFSS.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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For instance, the international feature category currently honors the submitting country, not the director — even though the director’s name is engraved on the Oscar statuette.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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The category’s inaugural Oscar will be given out in 2028 at the 100th Academy Awards, honoring films released in 2027.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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That's not because anyone is celebrating another person losing a job, but rather out of the belief fewer IRS agents will equate with fewer audits and other negative consequences taxpayers could encounter.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Her reflections have struck a chord, particularly among millennial women who feel burned out by the demands of a culture that equates self-worth with achievement and glorifies the daily grind.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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They’re elevated off the ground and deep enough to grow flowers or veggies of all kinds.—
Christopher Murray,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Thanks to President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on the country, that success story might be the last of its kind, for a while at least.—
Angela Watercutter,
Wired News,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Bracket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bracket. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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